IBM gobbles up open source and Linux darling Red Hat in $34 billion deal

Red Hat Inc. is a great example of how a company can be successful with open source. Hell, Red hat is a billion dollar company -- yes, billion with a 'B.' Its contributions to the Linux community are invaluable -- RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora are important and indispensable. That's why I'm a bit scared today. You see, International Business Machines has acquired the open source darling, Red Hat. I suppose IBM could be a great Red Hat owner from a financial standpoint, but IBM's leadership has been questionable over the years. I'm sure I am not alone is fearing that IBM… [Continue Reading]