The Crisis in the Enterprise Linux Ecosystem: A Comedy of Errors
In a shocking turn of events, the world’s largest professional organization devoted to engineering and applied sciences, IEEE, found itself entangled in a web of chaos and confusion. The recent debacle surrounding the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA) has left many scratching their heads and others rolling on the floor laughing.
Alan Clark, from SUSE’s CTO office, took center stage in this theatrical performance, shedding light on the crisis that birthed OpenELA. The drama began with Red Hat’s decision to hide the RHEL source code, sending shockwaves through the enterprise Linux community. Alan, with a straight face, explained why this move was a problem from an open-source perspective, conveniently forgetting to mention the uproar it caused.
As the curtains rose on the genesis of OpenELA, the audience was treated to a spectacle of grandeur. The association’s lofty goals and promises of unity in the Linux realm sounded more like a comedy sketch than a serious endeavor. The progress in setting up legal frameworks and technical infrastructure was akin to watching a clown juggle chainsaws – entertaining, yet perilous.
The conversation around OpenELA was nothing short of a sitcom, with characters stumbling over market fragmentation and tripping on the enterprise Linux standard. The audience, a mix of tech enthusiasts and bewildered onlookers, couldn’t help but chuckle at the absurdity of it all.
In the end, as the curtain falls on this act, one can’t help but wonder if OpenELA is the punchline to a joke yet to be revealed.
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