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Should we be wary of Red Hat? (lemmy.cafe)
submitted 3 days ago by propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe to c/linux@programming.dev
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They were bought by IBM a few years back, but even aside from that they’re a corporation and they care about making money above all else.

It looks like Red Hat is doing its damnedest to consolidate as much power for themselves within the Linux ecosystem.

I don’t think the incessant Fedora shilling is unrelated.

It seems like there isn’t much criticism of the company or their tactics, and I’m curious if any of you think that should change.

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[–] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 day ago

We want our software to be communist, but it is a capitalist world (at present). Navigating in the grey area between the two will always lead to controversy. We're like China, trying to walk a tightrope between the ideal and the practical.