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I prefer to look at the other side. Why the focus on acquisition with vague synergy? HANA drives SUSE adoption, but the Linux piece is relatively static compar
by itomato 7y ago
I prefer to look at the other side.
Why the focus on acquisition with vague synergy? HANA drives SUSE adoption, but the Linux piece is relatively static compared to the tooling required to scale and manage these big stacks?
I like to think HashiCorp or another software vendor sees the appeal of building their components into a sturdy Linux product like SUSE.
I might have speculated the same about Docker or Ansible, but they have already been similarly absorbed.
Rather than the consolidation in favor of existing and entrenched tech like SAP, it's inspiring to think a new IBM or Microsoft is being built and could benefit from a Telco-grade OS.
- nieve 7y agoI may be misunderstanding you, but I find it difficult to believe Hashicorp could put together a big enough set of investors to drop a couple of billion on SUSE. You occasionally see smaller companies buy bigger, more established ones with higher revenues and such, but it's pretty rare.