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by gigatexal 1091 days ago
I don't know for sure but if I had to guess early Linux some 25-years ago didn't have the prevalence of polish it has now at least on the desktop. In the server space it was probably solid. That being said businesses back then were likely leery of running a RH clone with just some Linux staff -- better to pay RH for support.

Nowadays one could probably lean on staff to manage issues and arbitrage that go-it-alone mindset over paying the RH subscription. Now that loop-hole is closed.