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by Nrsolis 2783 days ago
The one thing I can't understand is why people aren't more excited about the possibility for IBM to completely transform into an open-source-forward organization.

IBM does work for EVERY Fortune 100 company. I can't comment on the working conditions but as a person who regularly works with IBM I can tell you that they aren't much worse than any other 400K employee sized company. There are a lot of folks there that love process and a bunch that are IBM lifers.

Still, the potential to push open-source further into enterprise in a HUGE way, particularly in private cloud, and give a company that might not stomach a strategic relationship with a smaller organization like RedHat.

Please also don't forget that IBM is contributing to open source projects (Istio comes to mind) that align with their strategic direction.
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NikolaNovak 2783 days ago
For whatever little is worth, I work for IBM (but I'm still a nice guy, I swear!:), and I'm hyper-excited by this.

[if I were a RedHat employee, I might feel differently... 0:-]

While I work on what HN lovingly refers to as "Enterprise" applications (very legacy, very slow, very 1970s... and yes, very Oracle - PeopleSoft, Weblogic, Tuxedo, Oracle 12g:), there are parts of IBM that are shockingly agile, and have completely embraced open source both internally and as offerings.

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pinewurst 2783 days ago
https://features.propublica.org/ibm/ibm-age-discrimination-a...

Maybe their awful corporate conduct outweighs open source handwaving?

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Nrsolis 2783 days ago
Maybe there are two sides to every story?

I'm a person who looks to the future and hopes that e can find a better way forward. The company has new leaders, new employees, and a new focus on cloud.

There are no losers when a 100-year old Fortune 100 company validates your strategy and values.

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