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Dell Founder Dropped $100M Onto Red Hat
diegocgteleline.es writes "Via google news, I found a article at MSNBC claiming that Michael Dell, Dell's founder and chairman, has droped $100M into Red Hat (Michael himself, not his company). Analyists say that "Dell - neither the person nor the company - is interested in acquiring Red Hat", but one wonders what's behind of this move. A fight against their competence in the server market?"
...but one wonders what's behind of this move.
Couldn't it be that Michael Dell was just donating $100 million out of the goodness in his heart? I mean isn't it POSSIBLE that someone nowadays is just doing something that DOESN'T have an ulterior motive or ISN'T planning on recouping in the future?...... Oh shit, I just read what I actually wrote....nevermind.
Dell - neither the person nor the company
Aha
Dell pre-installs Red Hat on all server machines to be sold.
Friday's headline:
Michael Dell sells shares in Red Hat for big profit.
Dropping $100M sounds like it might crush RedHat. All those dollar bills piled up on top of the roof...
Imagine if they were Sacagaweas. Those poor Linux geeks wouldn't stand a chance with dollar coins raining down on their heads.
It was Dell - the asparagus!
Only a veriy foolish CEO would tie himself to single source.
That you, AMD?
It was me who submitted that. Sorry, I assumed Slashdot editors read what and correct things before publishing them...how stupid I've been
Dude, you're getting Red Hat!
Circumcision is child abuse.
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Give me only one million of your chump change and my gratitude will haunt you forever. And I'll write tons of screaming testimonials for any product that you may be selling. With pics.