They have the resources and the backing (cloudlinux folks) to do it. CloudLinux was already using almalinux as their base, they did make this known. You have to consider that some of the folks who work on Alma are the same folks who work for CloudLinux. Combine that with some of the other backers they have, they can make things work as best they can and I wish them luck.
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