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Wait, we're talking about the same company that now owns RedHat, and whose next CEO will be RedHat's CEO, right? The same RedHat that has been the number one co

• draw_down 6y ago
  Yep! That one.
• thrower123 6y ago
  Maybe there is some hope that they can turn things around, but the last decade has all been about spinning off and selling out any real hardware or software divisions, chasing failed cloud services and overhyped AI buzzwords, and shedding every highly-paid legacy US employee they can get rid of. I hope they do, I make a ton of money selling to them...
• Aeolun 6y ago
  Wait, Redhat CEO will become IBM CEO? I was pretty certain that it would be the other way around. But that’s good news, both for us and for the company.
  • dralley 6y ago
    Ginni Rometty was simultaneously the IBM CEO, President, and Head of the Board of Directors until recently. She stepped down as President and CEO and retains her position on the Board, while Arvind Khrishna stepped up as IBM CEO and Jim Whitehurst, former CEO of Red Hat, became IBM President. The speculation (and it is only speculation) is that Jim will spend a year or so as President while being groomed for the CEO job when Arvind retires.
• _-david-_ 6y ago
  > that now owns RedHat, and whose next CEO will be RedHat's CEO, right? IBM's next president will be RedHat's former CEO. IBM's next CEO will be a guy who has worked at IBM since 1990.