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It is unfortunate, to be sure, and I strongly disagree with Red Hat's decision to cut important projects like JRuby.

When we joined Red Hat in 2012, it was the most exciting career move of my life. A company I had long respected for its dedication to and support of OSS... this was a place I could finally do good work for the community for the rest of my career.

I was still cautiously optimistic when IBM bought the company, since for several years it seemed like the status quo would be maintained; Red Hat was very successful at driving new revenue to IBM, and investment in OSS continued apace. I guess being the most profitable division of IBM was not enough.

I wish my remaining friends and colleagues at Red Hat the best of luck.