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That's cool, but what I want to know is: when's Cisco gonna buy RedHat? I think that's a blockbuster acquisition that would make a ton of sense for Cisco. I thi
by josh2600 13y ago
That's cool, but what I want to know is: when's Cisco gonna buy RedHat? I think that's a blockbuster acquisition that would make a ton of sense for Cisco. I think it's a question of price and whether RedHat would sell.
Time will tell.
- zimbatm 13y agoIn terms of company culture, Cisco and RedHat don't seem very aligned. Cisco is all proprietary and RedHat mostly doing free software.
- josh2600 13y agoIMHO, if you poke around in the Nexus 7K gear, it looks like RHEL or CentOS underneath. Cisco's always been very private about the kind of Linux they're running on their gear, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was modified RHEL. RedHat does free Software, but their culture is services, which aligns well with Cisco. You don't get to be a billion dollar business without making some money somewhere. Free software != $0 revenue.