CentOS EOL - politics?

The big physics labs that supported Scientific Linux get much or all of their funding from the US government, and that funding is allocated by politicians who depend on campaign contributions. I wonder how much IBM contributes to the politicians who make the funding decisions for the labs, and I

Re: CentOS EOL - politics?

Netflix uses FreeBSD: 1.2.2. Who Uses FreeBSD? FreeBSD has been known for its web serving capabilities - sites that run on FreeBSD include Hacker News

Re: CentOS EOL - politics?

This is not a political reply. Keith Lofstrom writes: > The big physics labs that supported Scientific Linux get > much or all of their funding from the US government, CERN is primarily funded by CERN nation states, of which US is not one. FNAL, being a US DOE National Lab, is primarily funded

Re: CentOS EOL - politics?

I agree with your analysis, save for three comments. Mine also is not a political comment, merely an analysis of fact. Overwhelmingly throughout the world, HEP is funded by public funds (sometimes from totalitarian dictatorships if one can call such "public"). HEP addresses basic science, fu

Re: CentOS EOL - politics?

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:11 PM Yasha Karant wrote: > A technical question: for those HEP workstations that are using Mac OS X, > is Fink or the equivalent installed so that "standard" applications > easily can be ported? > AFAICT, Fink is barely used. The main community package managers on ma