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I work for Red Hat. This article doesn't match (my) reality. I can speak only for myself, but very little has changed, and what changes there have been, are mo
by dralley 6y ago
I work for Red Hat.
This article doesn't match (my) reality. I can speak only for myself, but very little has changed, and what changes there have been, are more easily attributable to the leadership shuffles after Jim moved up, than anything else.
Two thing that they are absolutely wrong about, is the claim that there were layoffs last year which included Red Hat, which didn't happen... and the truly lol-worthy claim that (quote) "the Fedora project is being outsourced to Microsoft and AWS", because many repositories are on Github and some of the build infrastructure is hosted on Amazon.
"tech rights" has a bit of a ... reputation. I would perhaps take their claims with a shaker full of salt.
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4541p6/can_we_not_post_links_to_techrights_please/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4541p6/can_we_not_po...
- marcodiego 6y agoYou work for Red Hat, nice! Would you give us any hint or bit of information if IBM has any plans to release an affordable POWER system similar to BlackBird entirely designed by IBM from processor to OS?
- dralley 6y agoI have no idea what IBM is up to, honestly. It doesn't impact me. It's not something I would be in any position to talk about even if I did, though.
- wmf 6y agoFormer IBMer here. It would be impossible for IBM to release an affordable Power system for many reasons including culture and margins. If you want Blackbird go ahead and buy it.
- als0 6y agoIBM doesn't make workstations or PCs anymore. They gave that business (along with expertise) to Lenovo.
- choeger 6y agoThank you very much for this clarification.
- cfcosta 6y agoI left Red Hat less than a month ago. No relation at all with IBM, in my experience they have been welcoming and pretty aligned with the goals my team had. Great company. Sorry if I gave them ammo by leaving and inflating the numbers, but it was only a coincidence, I swear.
- rambojazz 6y agoYou have to read Techrights with a pinch of salt. They are often very hyperbolic.