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by odie5533 205 days ago
The level of confidence is pretty incredible. Coming from someone who got hurt by CentOS.
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One of the dirty secrets is that you don't need to back up confidence to sell it if you don't plan to be around when it falls apart.
Canonical has been around for 20+ years. It's not 150 years, but it's still something.
I don't understand your point, CentOS never had paying customers?