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		axus 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is it so hard to buy things that work well? (2... Counter-example: all the people that were using CentOS 6/7 instead of RHEL. Not that Red Hat did tons of marketing, but it was more than zero.

nottorp 13 days ago | [–]

Not a fair example because one was free and the other came with a monetary cost and a lot of friction in addition to that.

9rx 13 days ago | | [–]

People weren't choosing CentOS on technical merit. CentOS had glossier marketing than RHEL did.

bluedino 13 days ago | [–]

One was free

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