{"id":10000270,"date":"2019-03-06T23:35:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T23:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.getdeb.net\/?p=10000270"},"modified":"2019-03-06T23:35:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T23:35:55","slug":"ibm-buys-red-hat-ubuntu-to-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getdeb.net\/ibm-buys-red-hat-ubuntu-to-profit\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM buys Red Hat, Ubuntu to Profit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth<\/a> has publicly addressed concerns regarding IBM\u2019s game-changing purchase of Red Hat, and he calls it a \u201cSignificant moment in the progression of open source to the mainstream.\u201d<\/p>\n

Open source refers to software whose source code is available without charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute. It may also refer to a product or system whose origins, formula, design, etc., are freely accessible to the public. Open source licenses generally require or allow for: Free redistribution, source code, derived works, the integrity of the author\u2019s source code, no discrimination against any persons, fields of endeavor, distribution of license. Licenses must not be specific to a product, restrict other software, and must be technology neutral.<\/p>\n

Red Hat, Inc. is a software company which provides open-source software products. Founded in 1993 and based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Red Hat is closely associated with its enterprise operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat provides operating system platforms, storage, applications, middleware, management products, and support, consulting, and training services.<\/p>\n

Shuttleworth is a well-known fan of open source, once viewed as a last resort. It\u2019s now become the go-to option, thanks to companies like Red Hat and Canonical. Shuttleworth is also bullish about Ubuntu being Red Hat\u2019s primary rival, especially in cloud computing, and that was the principal market motivator behind IBM\u2019s $34 billion purchase.<\/p>\n

So far, public cloud workloads have largely avoided the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and so-called container workloads even more. What\u2019s more, Shuttleworth believes the world has left such concerns from behind, and it may have left Red Hat behind as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decline in RHEL growth,\u201d Shuttleworth recently wrote, \u201ccontrasted with the acceleration in Linux more broadly is a strong market indicator of the next wave of open source.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPublic cloud workloads have largely avoided RHE,\u201d Shuttleworth reports, \u201ccontainer workloads even more so. Moving at the speed of developers means embracing open source in ways that have led the world\u2019s largest companies, the world\u2019s fastest moving startups, and those who believe that security and velocity are best solved together, to Ubuntu.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shuttleworth says Ubuntu is enjoying an \u2018accelerated momentum\u2019 in all areas, from the public cloud, IoT, and Kubernetes to AI and machine learning, and these are the sectors computer giant IBM and Red Hat hope to compete in most.<\/p>\n

Shuttleworth writes, \u201cWe are determined that Ubuntu is judged as the world\u2019s most secure, most cost-effective and most faithful vehicle for open source initiatives. We look forward to helping [companies\u2026] deliver the innovation on which their future growth depends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark Shuttleworth\u2019s statement is hardly definitive and doesn\u2019t strictly relate to desktop matters. But it\u2019s reassuring to know that Ubuntu still has a bright place on the cyber landscape, even in the face of the biggest deal in open source history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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