[notacoward]

I think you're being a bit over-sensitive. They said a pioneer, which does not preclude other pioneers. Also, what's the bar for "successfully" commercializing open source? In a world where anything less than a unicorn is considered failure - and bear in mind the OP is from a promoter of that ethos - Suse's trajectory might not qualify. Even if it did, it would be one of the few exceptions to the general rule that commercializing open source largely has been a failure. Open source as a development method is alive and well, but as a business in its own right not so much.

P.S. Eight years at Red Hat, ending a year and a half ago. Glad not to be under IBM's inept thumb as my erstwhile colleagues soon will be.