A lot of difference of opinion out there. https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/28/forget-watson-the-red-hat-acquisition-may-be-the-thing-that-saves-ibm/ Some of the tech press very negative. Its a fact that they paid a whopping premium.
CharlesSent from a mobile; please excuse the brevity. -------- Original message --------From: Matt Hogstrom <[email protected]> Date: 10/28/18 8:00 PM (GMT-05:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM Nears Deal to Acquire Software Maker Red Hat RedHat isn’t in the open source business. They are in the corporate software business based on open source. Matt Hogstrom [email protected] +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin.com/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> From Lord of the Rings, when Frodo decides to leave the Fellowship and go to Mordor alone . . . Frodo: “I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.” Gandalf: “So do all who live to see such things. But it is not for them to decide. All you have to do is decide what to do with this time that is given to you.” > On Oct 28, 2018, at 7:58 PM, Mark Regan <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Official: IBM to gobble Red Hat for $34bn – yes, the enterprise Linux biz > - Mainframe giant to try on open-source outfit": > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/28/ibm_redhat_acquisition/ > > > Mark T. Regan, K8MTR > > > CTO1, USNR-Retired > 1969-1991 > > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 7:54 PM Mark Regan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> "Forget Watson, the Red Hat acquisition may be the thing that saves IBM" >> >> https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/28/forget-watson-the-red-hat-acquisition-may-be-the-thing-that-saves-ibm/ >> >> Mark T. Regan, K8MTR >> >> >> CTO1, USNR-Retired >> 1969-1991 >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 4:14 PM Steve Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I wonder how things will be at SUSE as a result of this acquisition. >>> >>> Didn't IBM sell them IEF access for KVM purposes? That is to be >>> able to set up LPARs on certain models of the z/ machines? Or did >>> I misunderstand what was said the last SHARE I attended >>> (Providence RI)? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Steve Thompson >>> (Note, dual posted IBM-Main & VM-List) >>> >>> On 10/28/18 2:21 PM, Charles Mills wrote: >>>> >>> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-28/ibm-is-said-to-near-deal-to-acquire-software-maker-red-hat >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> CharlesSent from a mobile; please excuse the brevity. >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
