For another out-from-left-field view of the situation, consider: "Red Hat takes over IBM:"
https://www.cringely.com/2018/10/29/red-hat-takes-over-ibm On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 9:02 AM Kevin J Cully <[email protected]> wrote: > Check out this vlog by Bryan Lunduke on the IBM purchase of Red Hat. He > has some interesting insights. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puMRgrP5IR8 > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 10:06 AM > To: ProFox Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: IBM to buy RedHat > > On Oct 29, 2018, at 8:24 AM, Kevin J Cully <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On one side, I think this adds legitimacy to Linux operating in business > here in the USA, which hasn't seemed to publicly be Linux friendly up to > this point. On the other hand, all they mention is the RedHat cloud > services. I'd like to see more Linux in businesses from the desktop to the > servers to the cloud. > > Most of IBM’s customers are big enterprises, and a very high percentage of > them run Linux. Most prefer RHEL, since that comes with support. One of the > tasks my team is working on is making sure that RH products run as well on > IBM Power systems as they do on x86 systems, so that IBM can sell more > hardware. > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4uh-2pv-jp-uxhw6fvtzqwnuqp7ip8havnezp+qldn...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

