IBM has a 25 year history of management by MBA. They manipulate the books to provide the maximum possible earnings in their next quarterly report and such things as long range sales strategy and product innovation are irrelevant. Now that IBM management has pushed the former head of Red Hat, Jim Whitehurst, out the door through internal politics they can apply their management techniques to their Red Hat subsidiary.
Red Hat will join the rest of IBM in dying a slow lingering death by mismanagement. About 2 or 3 years from now IBM will sell or spin off the by then floundering Red Hat in order to spruce up the upcoming quarterly report.
RIP IBM
Biting the hand that feeds IT
