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An exceptionally well explained rant that I find myself in total agreement with.

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[–] malloc@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

2019-07-09: The death knell of Red Hat

Honestly, I am not surprised. Red Hat's parent company IBM is an absolute joke. Almost as bad as Oracle.

[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Don't worry, Redhat was garbage anyway. It's going to pale in comparison to Watson Enterprise Linux.

[–] digdilem@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Honestly, I think they're worse. Oracle have actually done less evil in the past few years compared to before, whilst IBM/Redhat seem to be revelling in causing disharmony and aggressive business tactics.