On 10/29/18 12:56 PM, Richard England wrote: > On 10/29/18 10:47 AM, Joshua D Doll wrote: >> On October 28, 2018 10:49:46 PM UTC, Patrick O'Callaghan >> <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I know this is strictly OT, but I suggest it's of some interest to this >> list: >> >> https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/28/ibm-to-acquire-red-hat-in-deal-valued-at-34-billion.html >> >> >> This purchase is about CoreOS and having a strong k8s play. I doubt >> fedora even was on the radar of the suits. >> > ...and it's that lack of radar blip that concerns me about Fedora. The > suits don't know that they will own fedora, what it is, or how it > contributes to the bottom line. It will look like a cost center with no > return to the bean counters and that _could_ make it a target. > > But we'll have to wait and see what influence the IBM corporate > management chooses to exert on the RH "division" With this amount of money involved, I'd rather think the "suits" know about everything that's RedHat-ish. If not, they've not done their due dilligence. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - I haven't lost my mind. It's backed up on tape somewhere, but - - probably not recoverable. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
