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		infraCode on July 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IBM Closes Acquisition of Red Hat for $34B i'm just a lurker and i have a lot of respects for this community but why some of you acting like somehow RedHat is not going to make money anymore after IBM bought them. RedHat already make billion doing what they do now. Why would that change? IBM is basically a consulting company and adding RedHat is more than a perfect match since RedHat main business is selling supports. this thread just wow.

marcosdumay on July 9, 2019 [–]

Both companies have very different, even incompatible cultures. And it's not part of IBM culture to buy a company and not integrate it.

Specially, IBM is used to much fatter margins than RH's market allows.

kortilla on July 9, 2019 | [–]

IBM does not integrate companies beyond putting their logo on stuff. Look at the weather company and Softlayer.

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