Posts by JDFST

Red Hat’s new CEO on surviving inside Big Blue: 'We don’t participate in IBM's culture. It’s that simple'

Re: Mandatory Participation

RA because of IBM has already hit Red Hat. Approximately 1 month after the acquisition was finalized there were layoffs from the newest Red Hat VP who had just previously grown her wings at IBM in Austin. Things were kept ultra quiet and we were advised to never talk of it again. Those of us still here though were left with the feeling that we could be next. Lesson learned from their sacrafice was to never admit any problem and always praise the holy hat.

AWS rolls out 'Linux 2 Ready' scheme to lure penguins into using its homegrown distro

Re: Would be nice if they hadn't removed SELinux

I worked in RH Support for a while and let me assure you that setting selinux into passive mode is something you commonly find with customers. The idea that most customers actually don't like selinux isn't an uncommon one.

Three years ago, IBM ordered staff to work in central hubs. Now its new CEO ponders mid-pandemic: Is there a better way of doing things?

It takes a worldwide pandemic with thousands of deaths for a company to stop and think. That alone says the most about a company