Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: IBM and Red Hat Date: 7 Oct 2026 18:53:32 GMT Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <11a33s8$squ$1@rasp.pasdenom.info> <20261007080934.0000474b@gmail.com> <11a5pon$304rk$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net wO7P6wJ4NFR7kbvMtcn4kg/88mJbq4OAyVOt0k1r4+XQTVZC1W Cancel-Lock: sha1:XYqTw8iIIwW+jcL3xFu1g8ulA/c= sha256:5i5Uowpblup+HXWODpe8DPDx+g7YO3dOQT5V+bGgbzM= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:93145 On Wed, 7 Oct 2026 15:50:47 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote: > Smoothbrain melon's never been much of an "engineer". What he has been, > however, is a very good PT Barnum who is quite capable of separating > money from fools. I'm rather happy he's separating me from $55/mo for 100 Mbps down. That's about 5 times better than Verizon Wireless and $40/mo cheaper. I agree there is a high Barnum component and he's very good at separating the government (and ultimately us) from money but he does get things done. Like Bezos, I don't have to love to guy to respect what he's accomplished.