@jonathanspw @rockylinux Responding on the wrong thread did make it seem like a troll. But it should have been resolved by your explanation of what you were responding to - but then that seemed like hijacking the thread.

So banning you was over top, but I can see their side.

Why do businesses pay Big $$ for RedHat? Because they offer something Rocky/Alma/etal don't: certification for particular purposes. The certification process is expensive - and geared toward Big Business and Government purposes (e.g. certified to run Oracle - this is why Oracle offering their own certified distro was a business threat). Certification also means that clients can sue RedHat for perceived breach of contract - and lawyers (and keeping logs and documentation that they might need) are also expensive.

If you don't need certification, don't plan to sue anyone when software no workie - then "whitebox" versions like Rocky/CentOS/Alma might be the better choice.

I used to have to patch binaries for SysV unix. Patching sources and recompiling is far superior.

The most stellar commercial support for unix was from Motorola - sadly they closed that division. RedHat is pretty good for what you can get today.