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RedHat (IBM) doesn't make money directly by contributing to open source software development (although they do this). They make money from service and support c
by zitterbewegung 5y ago
RedHat (IBM) doesn't make money directly by contributing to open source software development (although they do this). They make money from service and support contracts. So when we see a headline like this that means that RedHat won't maintain systems in Russia and Belarus. Which means that this is a bigger step than this is being downplayed in the comments. Redhat even bought out / absorbed CentOS also.
- hnov 5y agoI think when we see a headline like this, it means RedHat is not sure how they'd take payment for the support contracts now that avenues of moving money from Russia are all but closed off. They look at how much they've been making over the past years, the trend, the potential losses from fallout in case someone decides to name and shame them as enabling a fascist state and by their estimation it's just not worth it. If a significant portion of their income was coming from those two countries, they'd quietly condemn the invasion for an internal audience and keep doing business.