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Then why is Red Hat doing this?
by awill 3y ago
Then why is Red Hat doing this?
- raincom 3y agoOne of the FAANGs has/had exclusive deal with Oracle for Oracle Enterprise Linux, as Oracle charges a way less than Redhat does. Redhat/IBM figured out how many large enterprises use Oracle Linux; now they want to go after those enterprise customers to show more return on investment, as IBM paid $34B to acquire Redhat.
- omniglottal 3y agoManagement doesn't directly know the pain of an engineer. This business heirarchy is akin to management being the body's "hands" while engineers are the "feet". This easily accommodates the option of shooting one's self in the foot.
- iDemonix 3y agoBecause they're just IBM with a hat on now.