Re: IBM Nears Deal to Acquire Software Maker Red Hat

2018-10-29 Thread Kirk Wolf
Please explain the difference? :-) On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 7:00 PM Matt Hogstrom wrote: > RedHat isn’t in the open source business. They are in the corporate > software business based on open source. > > Matt Hogstrom > m...@hogstrom.org > +1-919-656-0564 > PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 > Facebook

Re: IBM Nears Deal to Acquire Software Maker Red Hat

2018-10-29 Thread Smith, Nathan (ATLANTA, GA)
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2018 20:26 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM Nears Deal to Acquire Software Maker Red Hat A lot of difference of opinion out there. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__techcrunch.com_2018_10_28_forget-2Dwatson-2Dthe-2Dred-2Dhat-2Dacquisition-2Dmay

Re: IBM Nears Deal to Acquire Software Maker Red Hat

2018-10-28 Thread Charles Mills
. Original message From: Matt Hogstrom Date: 10/28/18 8:00 PM (GMT-05:00) To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM Nears Deal to Acquire Software Maker Red Hat RedHat isn’t in the open source business.  They are in the corporate software business based on open source. Matt

Re: IBM Nears Deal to Acquire Software Maker Red Hat

2018-10-28 Thread Matt Hogstrom
RedHat isn’t in the open source business. They are in the corporate software business based on open source. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook LinkedIn Twitter

Re: IBM Nears Deal to Acquire Software Maker Red Hat

2018-10-28 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I saw the news today and my jaw dropped … same thought, this is significant (if it gets regulatory approval). Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 KN4MIO Facebook LinkedIn

Re: IBM Nears Deal to Acquire Software Maker Red Hat

2018-10-28 Thread Mark Regan
"Official: IBM to gobble Red Hat for $34bn – yes, the enterprise Linux biz - Mainframe giant to try on open-source outfit": https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/28/ibm_redhat_acquisition/ Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1, USNR-Retired 1969-1991 On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 7:54 PM Mark Regan wrote:

Re: IBM Nears Deal to Acquire Software Maker Red Hat

2018-10-28 Thread Mark Regan
"Forget Watson, the Red Hat acquisition may be the thing that saves IBM" https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/28/forget-watson-the-red-hat-acquisition-may-be-the-thing-that-saves-ibm/ Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1, USNR-Retired 1969-1991 On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 4:14 PM Steve Thompson wrote: > I

Re: IBM Nears Deal to Acquire Software Maker Red Hat

2018-10-28 Thread Steve Thompson
I wonder how things will be at SUSE as a result of this acquisition. Didn't IBM sell them IEF access for KVM purposes? That is to be able to set up LPARs on certain models of the z/ machines? Or did I misunderstand what was said the last SHARE I attended (Providence RI)? Regards, Steve

IBM Nears Deal to Acquire Software Maker Red Hat

2018-10-28 Thread Charles Mills
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-28/ibm-is-said-to-near-deal-to-acquire-software-maker-red-hat CharlesSent from a mobile; please excuse the brevity. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access