RIP RedHat.
IBM acquires Red Hat
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Re: IBM acquires Red Hat
#12Nooooooooooo.
Re: IBM acquires Red Hat
#13The only positive side I can think of is that, Microsoft did not buy RH before IBM does. This is a threat to OSS, sadly. Maybe Google or Amazon will buy Canonical soon?
I don't want Google or Amazon anywhere near Canonical.
Re: IBM acquires Red Hat
#14Wow this would be a very expensive purchase for IBM , redhat is currently worth about 20% of IBM's market cap
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#15RedHat had a good reputation as a place to work. Meanwhile, when I worked at IBM my health insurance contribution for a family of four was $1k a month
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#16Big if true
>bloomberg.com
if true
Re: IBM acquires Red Hat
#17Oh my god
Re: IBM acquires Red Hat
#18The only positive side I can think of is that, Microsoft did not buy RH before IBM does. This is a threat to OSS, sadly. Maybe Google or Amazon will buy Canonical soon?
Maybe Google or Amazon will buy Canonical soon?
What makes you think that would be a good thing?
Re: IBM acquires Red Hat
#19The only positive side I can think of is that, Microsoft did not buy RH before IBM does. This is a threat to OSS, sadly. Maybe Google or Amazon will buy Canonical soon?
Microsoft would have actually been better. They're at least still a product development company. IBM at this point is just consultants and their sales ilk. They'll gut Red hat.
Re: IBM acquires Red Hat
#20Big if true >bloomberg.com if true
Reuters is reporting the same