It has been almost exactly seven years since Red Hat bought CentOS ( https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_scientific-2Dlinux-2Dusers-40fnal.gov_msg01499.html&d=DwIBaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=k9C3FsK8ruGItyjO2valZJ7PiSyD6dfXo0o_uJDy9vc&s=hWYvmZ1dB98Fa5LjmQDAIUbm_0aIxLNdps_vUzte8CI&e= ). I admit this move took longer than I expected. I suppose I was so early I was functionally wrong.
The cost of switching to Ubuntu for us is large; we have big investments in RPM and related technologies. I guess we have to start exploring it anyway. Very curious how CERN and Fermilab will respond to this. - Pat
