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| From | RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: Kiss of death, "IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion" |
| Date | 2018-11-01 17:51 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <prfeeb$4sq$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <dfa7d0741e125da6a8c338f5faf5e777@dizum.com> <084aa0de-488e-43ca-844b-77110518f482@googlegroups.com> <prf3js$q9k$3@dont-email.me> |
On 2018-11-01, William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> wrote: > On 2018-11-01, Pedro Valdez <pedro1492@lycos.com> wrote: >> On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 4:39:04 PM UTC+8, the borg wrote: >>> IBM is acquiring Red Hat, a major distributor of open-source >>> software and technology, in a deal valued around $34 billion, >>> the companies announced on Sunday. >>> >> >> Suse was sold to some investors for only 2.5 milliard dollars. >> >> I am only worried if Centos/Leap get shafted.... > > Redhat, as all Linux distros, is GPL. This means that Centos (well they > are now owned by REdhat) or anyone else can package and distribute > Redhat without problem. They can, but Red Hat was making it more difficult to do so until they came to some kind of agreement with CentOS, which made things much easier for CentOS. (I would have to go back and re-read exactly what the change was, but this happened a couple (three?) years ago. I'm guessing IBM could reverse the agreement made with CentOS. -- The more I see of Windows, the more I like Linux.
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Kiss of death, "IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion" "the borg" <failure-thy-name-is@ibm.com> - 2018-10-29 09:28 +0100
Re: Kiss of death, "IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion" Nomen Nescio <noreply@mixnym.net> - 2018-10-29 08:36 -0500
Re: Kiss of death, "IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion" Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2018-10-29 19:34 +0000
Re: Kiss of death, "IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion" tom <tom@0.0.0.0> - 2019-02-26 22:00 -0800
Re: Kiss of death, "IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion" "F. Russell" <frussell@random.info> - 2019-02-27 17:02 +0000
Re: Kiss of death, "IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion" Pedro Valdez <pedro1492@lycos.com> - 2018-11-01 03:40 -0700
Re: Kiss of death, "IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion" William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2018-11-01 14:46 +0000
Re: Kiss of death, "IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion" RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 17:51 +0000
Re: Kiss of death, "IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion" John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2018-11-01 14:21 -0500
Re: Kiss of death, "IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion" RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-11-02 00:52 +0000
Re: Kiss of death, "IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion" William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2018-11-01 21:40 +0000
Re: Kiss of death, "IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion" John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2018-11-01 10:38 -0500
Re: Kiss of death, "IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion" Pedro Valdez <pedro1492@lycos.com> - 2018-11-09 05:41 -0800
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