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What do you mean by "it won't end well"? Seems like it's going to end up pretty well for your bank, given that the two teams are fighting for your business. Let

• windexh8er 7y ago
  It may work out for the bank in the short term. But saying Redhat is a separate entity within IBM won't last long if they're driving down their own revenue by fighting each other. IBM leadership holds all the cards now and all the Redhat execs are in a glass house facade. What IBM wants is revenue from the acquisition, not confusion and price wars. There is no best team, there is only one team now. And that team has one goal above all else: show how this acquisition was brilliant and the wall street numbers to prove it. Remember that what IBM paid for Redhat, based on the fact they had to finance a big chunk of that liquid cost, has interest tied to it. That interest cancels out the revenue Redhat will bring to the plate. So... I'll say it now for those who don't want to do the math: your Redhat licensing is going up soon. Better have locked in those 3 year deals prior to today.