[RndTbl] IBM to buy RedHat

Kevin McGregor kevin.a.mcgregor at gmail.com
Tue Oct 30 08:44:55 CDT 2018


Well, IBM doesn't make desktops or laptops any more (sold the business to
Lenovo), so I don't think that's an option.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 7:43 AM Scott Toderash <scott at 100percenthelpdesk.com>
wrote:

> 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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