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The only positive side I can think of is that, Microsoft did not buy RH before IBM does. This is a threat to OSS, sadly. Maybe Google or Amazon will buy Canon
by ausjke 8y ago
The only positive side I can think of is that, Microsoft did not buy RH before IBM does.
This is a threat to OSS, sadly.
Maybe Google or Amazon will buy Canonical soon?
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoI see IBM as being worse than MS as a company. They have steadily imploded over the last 20 years.
- lghh 8y agoI don't want Google or Amazon anywhere near Canonical.
- notyourwork 8y agoWhy?
- lghh 8y agoBecause more consolidation at the top is not good, and there is already far too much.
- actuator 8y agoI don't know about Google but Amazon should definitely not come near Canonical. Amazon is the worst among FAANG & Microsoft towards Open Source. Look at what they have given back to the community.
- pinewurst 8y agoI'm not sure Amazon would be worse than the likes of bloodsucking PE (private equity) owning Suse.
- dagw 8y agoMaybe Google or Amazon will buy Canonical soon? What makes you think that would be a good thing?
- Thomashuet 8y agoWhat makes you think the poster thinks of it as a good thing?
- curiousDog 8y agoMicrosoft would have actually been better. They're at least still a product development company. IBM at this point is just consultants and their sales ilk. They'll gut Red hat.
- a-saleh 8y agoSecond that. Half a year ago I was still at RedHat, and we were joking around with colleagues, that either the big bet on OpenShift/kubernetes starts paying off, or somebody buys us. We joked that Microsoft under Satya Nadella would actually be quite a good fit :D
- bobcallme 8y agoI'd place my bets that MS would buy Canonical since they already have a relationship.
- shmerl 8y agoWhy do they need to sell it to begin with?