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So... what does that imply for Fedora, the GNOME project, etc.?
All I can say at this point is that for what you might call sentimental reasons, I don't want to use a system that has IBM's direct corporate backing.
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On the flip-side, yes, IBM could also spoil it as well.
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https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-ibm-creating-leading-hybrid-cloud-provider
While IBM is a big Linux contributor I'm not sure they will continue to sponsor all the desktop development Red Hat is doing, especially as the whole acquisition is part of some cloudy cloud strategy.
Interesting times.
Having been through acquisitions and mergers in the corporate world, usually what follows is reorganization and clearing out the cruft. Do expect some changes. This can be good or bad. Same thing happened at SuSE, in fact, some of those people ended up at Red Hat.
What's next? SuSE to be acquired by Intel? Ubuntu acquired by Microsoft?
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This news is not a good one for me.
Ubuntu acquired by Microsoft is a real fear of mine as of today. In fact, I am wondering if IBM beat MS to the punch regarding Red Hat.
All in all, I'm trying to keep a "wait and see" attitude about the IBM acquisition of Red Hat. I can't say I'm happy about it, but I don't think it's a tale of doom either. If you read the forum comments over at Phoronix, it's pretty pessimistic. But you can also gleam some positive info like how much IBM has contributed to the Linux kernel.
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You can always move upstream to Debian ;)