Finally, to IBM, here’s a big idea for you. You say that you don’t want to pay all those RHEL developers? Here’s how you can save money: just pull from us. Become a downstream distributor of Oracle Linux. We will happily take on the burden.

    • TrenchcoatFullOfBats@belfry.ripEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Red Hat contributes a lot to the Linux kernel and has a history of open-sourcing many of their previously closed-sourced acquisitions.

      Oracle bought Sun and then tried to claim that anyone who used the Java API owed them money.

      Red Hat is redeemable. What Oracle is trying to do here is like Sauron saying “Hey guys, I really care about open source Middle Earth and want to make things super chill again! Oh, and hey, y’all want some free rings?”