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by xyzzy123
1049 days ago
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AFAIK the people who pay RedHat money are F500, banks, other enterprise and government, i.e, "boring" organisations that absolutely could not care less how much RedHat does or does not give back to the community. If you are looking for employment in those sorts of places in particular I think the certs remain valuable. I do think what IBM/RH are doing is bad for the long term health of their products. Linux distros live and die by the size and strength of their communities. Zero-sum thinking (hey, someone else is benefiting from my efforts! That should be MINE!) betrays a lack of understanding of the kinds of network and community effects that helped make RedHat so valuable. |
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Who would have thought that people who just buy stuff don't care about things as much as the people who built it?
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This whole thing was predictable when Red Hat got sold off to IBM, and it seems to be the ever repeating cycle of American capitalism. In order for such communities to exceed the lifespans of their creators, we need foundations and non-profits to prevent hostile takeovers by VCs.