• MetaPhrastes@lemmy.world
    61·
    1 year ago

    Am I the only one old enough to remember the 2006 deal between Microsoft and Novell? Now Red Hat is on the hot seat with everyone blaming and hating, I remember when Novell was in similar position in terms of community feeling betrayed.

    • maynarkh@feddit.nl
      10·
      1 year ago

      RHEL gets enterprise support from RedHat / IBM.

      Point is, if you work for some big corp, when you buy something, you want proper warranties meaning people to blame if it breaks down. I have seen corps want to pay for stuff available free just so they can point at someone if there’s a problem. Ubuntu is mostly fine, Canonical does offer support, but “nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM”.

      • qrtr@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 year ago

        The enterprise support also means security updates, which is a huge requirement for government contract work (not just US, anything military really). I’ve also seen requirements for use of DISA approved products. I think at the time RHEL and maybe SUSE were the only ones on the list - I’m a few years removed from having to care about this.

    • Nucelar@kbin.social
      71·
      1 year ago

      That said gives such a confidence on their promises that they have to add this statement at the end

      "Forward-Looking Statements

      Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects for the company, including statements containing the words “aims,” “targets,” “will,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects,” and similar expressions, may constitute forward-looking statements and should be read with caution. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including competitive landscape, development of customer deals, reliance upon customer relationships, management of growth and acquisitions, the possibility of undetected software issues, the risks of impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and economic downturns, pricing pressures and the viability of the Internet. In addition, any forward-looking statements included herein represent views as of the date of this press release and these views could change. The Company does not have any obligation to update its forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to change and should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date other than the date of this press release"

      Lol Ok suse we trust you bro

      • deliux@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        1 year ago

        Hmm i hope, especially with them mentioning cov19, that this is only the standard boilerplate legal defense stuff. It would make sense to not have the whole company going down if this side project fails

        They do have exactly the same on their other news posts.

      • captain_samuel_brady@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        I really have no idea whether Suse is trustworthy here, but that kind of boilerplate seems common for publicly traded companies.