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I've been using CentOS for at least a decade and only learned today that it was short for Community Enterprise OS.

I think, especially around Linux and open source projects, people care much less about naming than we tend to believe. Product reputation and the endorsement of IT/developers matters far more, in my experience, than a name.



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