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> "In the immediate term, our plan is to pull from CentOS Stream updates and Oracle Linux updates to ensure security patches continue to be released."

Does this mean that Oracle has an arrangement with RedHat/IBM that won't be disrupted by this change?

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I think this entire action is done BECAUSE of Oracle and Alma is just betting that Oracle is invested enough to take on the fight that Alma can't and will use them as a wedge.

While IBM/RH is unlikely to outright name Oracle as the reason I think it's clear they are the basically the only big player selling support contracts for what is essentially RHEL and undercutting them.

That's very likely. A lot of RedHat customers buy RHEL to run Oracle Database on it, they'd be stupid to piss them off.

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