[RndTbl] IBM to buy RedHat

[Scott Toderash]

Cringely seems fairly accurate.

My first reaction was: good for IBM. Not so sure about RH.

One commentary I saw said something about buying a company that gives 
its main product away for free. That hasn't been true for a VERY long 
time, so mainstreamers will continue to be confused, apparently.

The biggest distraction this could create is if IBM decides that this is 
a great time to try again to push desktops or laptops with preinstalled 
Linux.



On 18-10-29 09:10 PM, Kevin McGregor wrote:
> Red Hat stock is up 47%.
>
>> On Oct 29, 2018, at 18:30, Bill Reid <billreid at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Here is Cringely's take on it:
>> https://www.cringely.com/2018/10/29/red-hat-takes-over-ibm/
>>
>>> On 2018-10-29 5:46 p.m., Hartmut W Sager wrote:
>>> IBM to buy RedHat for $34 billion.  Comments?  (I anticipate an avalanche of comments.)
>>> Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331
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