The new pattern of the Open Source world RedHat receives and compiles the CentOS open source project

Recently, RedHat announced its cooperation with the CentOS open-source project. The CentOS team will be compiled by RedHat. So far, the RedHat open-source product line covers the enterprise-level Linux release version RHEL, the open-source Fedora Desktop Linux, and the open-source CentOS enterprise-level Linux release.

The CentOS open-source project is re-compiled based on the RedHat RHEL open source code and does not contain software with closed source. In a sense, CentOS is the free version of RHEL. Therefore, CentOS is widely used in the server hosting market. This RedHat compilation CentOS should be a quasi-market share of CentOS In the IDC hosting market. Because these enterprises that use CentOS are potential customers of RHEL.

After CentOS is compiled by RedHat, RedHat can be said to be a major contributor to the Linux open-source project. From desktop to server, RedHat achieves full coverage. In recent years, the Ubuntu version of Canonical has developed rapidly. It is the most popular Linux release in the desktop market and directly competes with Fedora. In addition, the Ubuntu server version has also seized a large market share of RHEL. After the acquisition of CentOS, RedHat can make good use of the CentOS project to compete with Ubuntu, from which part of the market share can be converted into the market share of RHEL.

After CentOS joins red hat, the project will be supervised by the new CentOS board of directors, and the board of directors will also follow the public, open, and inclusive principles to manage CentOS. The CentOS Linux platform remains unchanged. The processes and methods built on the platform will become more open, inclusive, and transparent. The relationship between CentOS and RHEL remains unchanged, that is, the contribution of community members and contributors to CentOS is independent from RHEL, and CentOS still uses RHEL as the upstream.

However, CentOS is currently working for RedHat, but not for RHEL, which should have no effect on the work that CentOS has done in the past and now, but will promote it. RedHat provides CentOS with some construction systems and initial content delivery resources. It is determined how to use and when to use CentOS.

After RedHat compiled CentOS, this may be a good thing for the Open Source world. After all, the balance between open-source and commercialization is an inevitable choice for the development of open-source projects. After the compilation of large companies, open-source projects do not have to worry about funding, but their development path needs to be considered. Just like the open-source world, after MySQL was acquired by Oracle, it is quite a word. We will wait and see how CentOS will develop in the future.