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Subject: Re: Flatpak not being actively developed
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 01:34:15 -0000 (UTC)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 20:11:16 -0000 (UTC), John McCue wrote:
> 
>> If so and since RHEL is now owned by IBM, no surprise here.
> 
> Yes, that would be a surprise. I thought the understanding of how the 
> acquisition was supposed to operate was that Red Hat would continue to be 
> operated as pretty much an autonomous entity, free from higher-level 
> executive meddling, precisely because it was the only part of IBM making a 
> decent profit, and the company didn't want to compromise the goose that 
> lays the golden eggs in any way.
> 
> If this policy has changed, then that's the end of Red Hat.

From what I heard, IBM gives large acquisitions them a period of
time of independence, usually it is around 5 years.  From the
article below, seems it is starting, this is from Feb 2025:

> Earlier this month, Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks
> announced that Red Hats middleware team would be
> merging with the IBM middleware team.

See:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2025/02/24/what-could-merging-the-ibm-and-red-hat-middleware-teams-accomplish/


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