[kstrauser]

Yes. It benefits them to have ubiquitous tools supported on their system. The vendors should put in the work to make that possible.

I don’t maintain any tools as popular as git or you’d know me by name, but darned if I’m going to put in more than about 2 minutes per year supporting non-Unix.

(This said as someone who was once paid to improve Ansible’s AIX support for an employer. Life’s too short to do that nonsense for free.)

[lloydatkinson]

As you're someone very familiar with Ansible, what are your thoughts on it in regards to IBM's imminent complete absorption of RedHat? I can't imagine Ansible, or any other RedHat product, doing well with that.

[kstrauser]

I wouldn’t say I’m very familiar. I don’t use it extensively anymore, and not at all at work. But in general, I can’t imagine a way in which IBM’s own corporate culture could contribute positively to any FOSS projects if they removed the RedHat veneer. Not saying it’s impossible, just that my imagination is more limited than the idea requires.

[halffullbrain]

IBM has been, and still is, a big contributor to a bunch of Eclipse projects, as their own tools build on those. The people there were both really skilled, friendly and professional. Different divisions and departments can have huge cultural differences and priorities, obviously, but “IBM” doesn’t automatically mean bad for OSS projects.

[gtirloni]

I'm sure some of RedHat stuff will end up in the Apache Foundation once IBM realizes it has no interest in them.