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Red Hat — Stand Alone Or Get Bought?
head_dunce writes "It seems that this economy has inspired a lot of businesses to move to Linux, with Red Hat posting profits that beat everyone's expectations. There's a dark side to being a highly profitable company in a down economy, though — now there are talks of Citigroup and Oracle wanting to buy Red Hat. For a while now, we've been watching Yahoo fend off Carl Icahn and Steve Ballmer so that they could stay independent, but the fight seems to be a huge distraction for Yahoo, with lots of energy (and money) invested. Will Red Hat stay independent? What potential buyer would make for a good parent company?"
Support. It's a lot easier to call a vendor and bitch than it is to post your bitch on Slashdot. No wait...
Does this mean we're going to have those "What's in YOUR wallet" commercials switch to "What's in YOUR computer?" I can see it now...
"Hi, I'm a Mac."
"Hi, I'm a PC."
"Hi, I'm a viking maurader. Bleeeeaaarrrgh!"
Red Hat Linux: Sneak attack, bitches.
#fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
SCO is the obvious choice.
Since Citigroup got all that money they could call it "Stimulix"
What?
It wouldn't surprise me to see IBM end up owning Sun, Red Hat and Microsoft in the end.
If it involves Citigroup and Oracle, they should call it "GreedyPrix".
3 things about computers: they're alive, they're self-aware, and they hate your guts.
Would you ask the troll if it would like a dessort, or perhaps some coffee?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
There's your problem. Try a real language.
The parent Slashdot comment was posted by someone who calls themselves FuturePower (R), with the parenthesized 'R' suggesting a registered trademark.
So the comment author is a person who believes that a name chosen for a technology forum is a potential basis for self promotion and gain through civil lawsuits and has therefore allied themselves with the likes of the RIAA and MPIAA. That tends in the direction of causing me to have less confidence in her judgement.
Cant afford to!
Next....
NO SIG
Your post was stupid. That tends in the direction of causing me to have less confidence in your judgment.
'Their wish to buy Red Hat is akin to the wish to put a flowing river in a bucket.'
This sentence would be better expressed in Haiku form.