Re: So basically...
Red Hat management's plan (company revenue wise) is fairly obvious: turn Linux into a walled garden by making everything dependent on projects that only they can support because though notionally FOSS, *they* have all the key developers who can say "no" to anyone wanting to take it back in a more open direction.
Myself, I can't honestly see why someone would use Linux if what they wanted was to get shafted by a vendor with every new release. There are alternatives who shaft you just as hard but who are more compatible with what the majority of the world's users are using.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
