[Beowulf] Oh.. IBM eats Red Hat

Bill Abbott babbott at oarc.rutgers.edu
Mon Oct 29 18:30:15 PDT 2018


I like how a thoughtful piece on open source and freedom of choice ends 
with the phrase "You have no rights".  Subtle.

Bill

On 10/29/18 7:44 PM, Douglas Eadline wrote:
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> In the sage words of Douglas Adams, "Don't Panic"
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> My take here:
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>> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-red-hat-m-a-ibm%2Fibm-to-acquire-softw&data=02%7C01%7Cbabbott%40rutgers.edu%7C8766810815964e06c25a08d63df883d6%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C636764534907915996&sdata=qYQldJUVacWVCTeYL4Q3KhlsXRl400TB2eAwOSnqEB0%3D&reserved=0
>> are-company-red-hat-for-34-billion-idUSKCN1N20N3
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>> I wonder where that places us in the not too distant future..
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>> I've worked for Big Blue, and I'm not sure the company cultures are
>> compatible to say the least.
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>> /tony
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