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by evasb 1071 days ago
Isn't SUSE devaluing their own distro in entering this RHEL-clone debacle?
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aeyes 1071 days ago
SUSE makes money by selling enterprise support. They don't care what they support, they have sold support for RHEL for a very long time.

The SUSE distro exists so that they can sell support for it. And it will be the same for the SUSE supported RHEL clone.

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sgift 1071 days ago
Companies using RHEL or SUSE and paying for support usually don't switch. This is one of the rare moments where SUSE has a real chance to expand their market share in this space.
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pinko 1071 days ago
I'm sure they calculated that it's better they cannibalize their own product vs. letting others do it...
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