Nobody and nothing living forever is one of the reasons centralization is bad. But humans sadly like to flock.
RH is approaching the end of its life cycle. First they were hackers. Then they became a useful and aspiring business. Then RPM-based distributions were what made Linux not marginal anymore (though probably this also has something to do with Mandrake's success). Then they became something in the center of things, connected to everything happening with Linux and other Unix-like systems (at least on desktop). Then they realized that and started milking that slowly. Then they became arrogant.
A good thing in general, maybe this will help improve compatibility with old stuff and its old bugs, cause it'll be simpler to emulate those bugs with cleaner code.
BTW, has anyone managed to run Rogue Squadron 3D under Wine? I'm just interested, I'm having that menu input bug not allowing to do anything.