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Business policies most often make sense when looked at through the
lens of "The Rules of Acquisition".<br>
If you don't have "The lobes for profit" then you will likely see
conspiracies behind every decision.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/6/20 9:43 AM, Evan Leibovitch via
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style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">I've
spoken to some actual Red Hat employees who they said the
article has been widely circulated and has served as a good
laugh. No booms are being lowered that they're aware of and
morale remains decent.<br>
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style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">I'm wary
of the source based on Dr. Ray's previous articles.He's
obsessed with Microsoft (such as an article that claims <a
href="http://techrights.org/2020/08/06/fsf-microsoft-github/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Richard Stallman's successor at the
FSF is a Microsoft stooge</a>) and the site has an ongoing
series called "<a
href="http://techrights.org/billwatch-resurrected/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Billwatch</a>". Another recent
example is an article headlined <br>
"<a
href="http://techrights.org/2020/07/31/the-microsoft-hoax/"
moz-do-not-send="true">People Who Believe Global Warning
is a ‘Hoax’ Are the Types Who Might Think Microsoft Really
Loves Linux</a>".</div>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">Anyway,
you get the idea. Healthy skepticism about Redmond's
intentions are healthy, but not when pushed to
conspiracy-theory levels. And now the same treatment is
being applied to IBM.<br>
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<div style="text-align:left">Evan Leibovitch, <span
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<div style="text-align:left"><span
style="font-size:12.8px">@evanleibovitch / </span><span
style="font-size:12.8px">@el56</span></div>
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