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by transfire 4456 days ago
I have to admit I am very surprised Amazon hasn't bought out Canonical in order to inherit a large install base and build their own ecosystem.
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troymc 4456 days ago
When you refer the the "large install base" associated with Canonical, I assume you mean Ubuntu on servers. Lots of people do run Ubuntu on AWS, but Amazon never needed to own Canonical to make that possible.

The Kindle Fire OS is a fork of the Android Open Source Project, not Ubuntu or Ubuntu Touch.

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tgeek 4456 days ago
AWS has Amazon Linux: https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/

Since its the default OS for Linux on AWS, it probably has a pretty large install base. More than most would probably assume.

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sliverstorm 4456 days ago
I thought they were a Redhat shop. In which case, far far too late to change course!
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alttab 4456 days ago
Maybe I'm showing ignorance, but what about Redhat makes it far too late to change course?
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sliverstorm 4455 days ago
The differences are not large, but your institutional knowledge, existing management scripts/tools, custom packages, and (presumed) working relationship with Redhat the company all contribute to making one wonder whether it is worth it to switch hundreds of thousands of servers (millions?) to another distro. You could, but at what cost for what gain? Why, upgrades are trouble enough.
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