Will Red Hat come out Blue Hat after IBM blue washing? On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 at 16:21, <chuck_pet...@selinc.com> wrote:
> Cringely has some interesting observations... > > "The deal is a good fit for many reasons explained below. And remember Red > Hat is just down the road from IBM’s huge operation in Raleigh, NC. > > "Will Amazon, Google, and Microsoft now run out and buy SUSE, Ubuntu, > Apache, etc? Yes. > > "Will there be a mad rush to create new Linux distros? No. I think that > boat has already sailed and further Linux branding won’t happen, at least > not for traditional business reasons. > > [SNIP] > > "These big questions have yet to be answered, of course. Only time will > tell. But we’ll shortly begin to see hints. What happens to Red Hat > management, for example? There are those who think Red Hat will, in many > ways, become the surviving corporate culture here — that is if Red Hat’s > Jim Whitehurst gets Ginni Rometty’s IBM CEO job as part of the deal. That’s > what I am predicting will happen. Ginni is overdue for retirement, this > acquisition will not only qualify her for a huge retirement package, it > will do so in a way that won’t be clearly successful or unsuccessful for > years to come, so no clawbacks. And yet the market will (eventually) love > it, IBM shares will soar, and Ginni will depart looking like a genius. > > [SNIP] > > "In the end the C-suite of IBM may be finally admitting to themselves what > you and I have known for several years — that their strategic imperatives > are not doing as well as they promised. They also know they’ve invested > way too much in stock repurchases and way too little in the business. So > with this Red Hat deal they’ve basically bet the farm to get themselves > back in the game. > > "With Whitehurst at the top of IBM, the company will not only have an > outsider like Gerstner was, it will have its first CEO ever who won’t be > coming with a sales background. This is very good, because IBM will have a > technical leader finally running the show. > > "Let’s review: > > "Ginni Rometty is past the age where IBM likes to retire CEO’s, which is > 60. > > "Jim Whitehurst is 51, the age when IBM likes to hire new CEO’s. > > "I don’t see Whitehurst moving to Armonk, I do see IBM moving to Raleigh. > > "I do see Whitehurst as CEO of IBM in six months or less. > > "The Red Hat team will expand their products into new areas. IBM > executives will retire in droves because they can’t compete and will resist > learning something new. > > > *Red Hat takes over IBM* > https://www.cringely.com/2018/10/29/red-hat-takes-over-ibm/ [cringely.com] > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.cringely.com_2018_10_29_red-2Dhat-2Dtakes-2Dover-2Dibm_&d=DwMFAw&c=-_uRSsrpJskZgEkGwdW-sXvhn_FXVaEGsm0EI46qilk&r=fawF3TRTwCqlaBkoLcxYCr4F4NRwCc64hmEgi9rHPpE&m=nBHJaAM6JyP3cvsCYzpD-gPsPm8M8gpYv5jayTSj5t8&s=tnaZNtnYayv2W8cBKjyxw_M4RSZlAU3NtCYjpkREYVo&e=> > > > > Chuck Petras, PE** > Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc > Pullman, WA 99163 USA > http://www.selinc.com > > SEL Synchrophasors - A New View of the Power System < > http://synchrophasor.selinc.com> > > Making Electric Power Safer, More Reliable, and More Economical (R) > > ** Registered in Oregon. > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >
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