SUSE CTO talks about OpenELA and keeping customer trust
The Register, Tuesday, November 14,2023
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SUSE is serious about Linux in the enterprise, so much so that the veteran penguin-botherer is willing to risk the ire of Red Hat with OpenELA and the offer of CentOS support for users who just can't let go of the soon-to-be end-of-life operating system.
Despite the company's efforts to show off updates made to Rancher, the formation of the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA) has continued to grab the limelight.
Speaking to The Register at the North America Kubecon event, SUSE chief technology and product officer Thomas Di Giacomo Di Giacomo says of the company's motivations for the move: "We believe in open source and making the software available to everyone.