On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 7:31 AM Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 6:35 AM Jhoanir Torres
<jhoanir(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>
> Dear Council,
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> What is your opinion about IBM movement?
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> How can this affect to Fedora Project?
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> Finally, could you please, give a word for the global community.
I'm on the council but I don't speak for it or for Red Hat.
I honestly don't believe we'll know anything as to how it would affect
Fedora or any of the other of the Red Hat projects until the
acquisition closes.
Personally I'm quite excited about the possibilities, IBM has a long
history of positive involvement in Open Source some of which they
previously documented here:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud/library/cl-open-architecture-upd...
I agree with Peter here. As a former IBM-er (and now soon to be
un-former?) I can attest to the fact that the people in the company
that deal with Open Source believe in it wholeheartedly. IBM has
consistently been an investor in Open Source projects and a good
partner to a number of companies and projects in the Open Source
ecosystem. Their acquisition of Red Hat is yet another indicator they
believe in the value of an open, transparent, and neutral option using
Open Source technology to solve problems.
Lest you think I'm a marketing guy for this acquisition, I'm not. I
believe it can be a good thing, but it has to be proven out. I have
no answers and as Peter says we won't see what happens until well
after the deal closes. It is an exciting time to be part of the Red
Hat and Fedora ecosystems, and I look forward to participating as that
materializes.
josh