I know Ed was responding kind of tongue-in-cheek, but I thought I would
add on Jerry's response.
Based on my experience, culture is by FAR the more determinant factor to
predict results of a corporate acquisition. Corporate culture very
rarely, if ever, changes over the life of a company (of
At 11:42 2018-11-07, Ted Roche wrote:
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 2:14 PM Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> OTOH, there is that line about insanity.
Oh, you mean: https://twitter.com/tedroche/status/701896005332168705
Yes.
(Were you expecting any other answer? Be honest.)
Sincerely,
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 2:14 PM Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> OTOH, there is that line about insanity.
>
Oh, you mean: https://twitter.com/tedroche/status/701896005332168705
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At 08:49 2018-11-07, Ted Roche wrote:
On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 11:18 AM Ed Leafe wrote:
> Hey, I guess it could happen. ;-)
Past history is no guarantee of future performance.
OTOH, there is that line about insanity.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 11:18 AM Ed Leafe wrote:
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> Hey, I guess it could happen. ;-)
>
>
Past history is no guarantee of future performance.
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> He’s basically updating the “Apple buys NeXT” story from the mid-90s.
Apple was
> much bigger and better known, but was having some financial woes after
some
> management mis-steps. Within a couple of years, nearly every Apple exec
was
> gone, replaced by people from NeXT. The Mac OS was
On Oct 31, 2018, at 4:06 PM, Ted Roche wrote:
>
> For another out-from-left-field view of the situation, consider: "Red Hat
> takes over IBM:"
>
> https://www.cringely.com/2018/10/29/red-hat-takes-over-ibm
He’s basically updating the “Apple buys NeXT” story from the mid-90s. Apple was
much
On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 5:06 AM Ted Roche wrote:
>
> For another out-from-left-field view of the situation, consider: "Red Hat
> takes over IBM:"
>
> https://www.cringely.com/2018/10/29/red-hat-takes-over-ibm
>
Caldera OpenLinux and SCO Xenix? :)
No... IBM is a lot bigger and IBM mainframes are
He
> has some interesting insights.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puMRgrP5IR8
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 10:06 AM
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> Subject: Re: IBM to buy R
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On Oct 29, 2018, at 8:24 AM, Kevin J Cully wrote:
>
> On one side, I think this adds legitimacy to Linux operating in business here
> in the USA, which hasn't seemed to publicly be Linux friendly up to this
> point. On the oth
On Oct 29, 2018, at 8:24 AM, Kevin J Cully wrote:
>
> On one side, I think this adds legitimacy to Linux operating in business here
> in the USA, which hasn't seemed to publicly be Linux friendly up to this
> point. On the other hand, all they mention is the RedHat cloud services.
> I'd
to the cloud.
We'll see what happens.
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To: profox@leafe.com
Subject: OT: IBM to buy RedHat
I suppose it could be worse: it could have been Computer Associates
I suppose it could be worse: it could have been Computer Associates. Or
Oracle, or HP or *shudder* Microsoft..
Reactions over the weekend have mostly been dread from the employees, who
of course, can't be sure what happens next.
This was, reportedly, the largest software acquisition ever, at $34
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