Not the OP, and I have no doubt they had plans to "expand" RHEL options
I also have no doubts they wanted to see how much bad PR the announcment made before figuring out that those expanded options where
It was from be beginning a Monetary Grab, Redhat did a global scream test to see how much they would have to give away to take the screams down to a dull roar and stop the bleeding just enough to not lose any market share
They have landed on 16 as the magic number for now, but like the OP I have visions of Darth Vader saying “I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.” while wearing a RedHat
It does not fill me with confidence that I should make use of that 16 server license...
I also have no doubts they wanted to see how much bad PR the announcment made before figuring out that those expanded options where
It was from be beginning a Monetary Grab, Redhat did a global scream test to see how much they would have to give away to take the screams down to a dull roar and stop the bleeding just enough to not lose any market share
They have landed on 16 as the magic number for now, but like the OP I have visions of Darth Vader saying “I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.” while wearing a RedHat
It does not fill me with confidence that I should make use of that 16 server license...