[GTALUG] Looks like IBM is planning to eliminate RHEL

Alvin Starr alvin at netvel.net
Thu Aug 6 09:51:13 EDT 2020


Business policies most often make sense when looked at through the lens 
of  "The Rules of Acquisition".
If you don't have "The lobes for profit" then you will likely see 
conspiracies behind every decision.

On 8/6/20 9:43 AM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote:
> 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.
>
> I'm wary of the source based on Dr. Ray's previous articles.He's 
> obsessed with Microsoft (such as an article that claims Richard 
> Stallman's successor at the FSF is a Microsoft stooge 
> <http://techrights.org/2020/08/06/fsf-microsoft-github/>) and the site 
> has an ongoing series called "Billwatch 
> <http://techrights.org/billwatch-resurrected/>". Another recent 
> example is an article headlined
> "People Who Believe Global Warning is a ‘Hoax’ Are the Types Who Might 
> Think Microsoft Really Loves Linux 
> <http://techrights.org/2020/07/31/the-microsoft-hoax/>".
>
> 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.
>
> Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
> @evanleibovitch / @el56
>
>
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