> How well has Linux been supporting IBM's POWER processors? I would > imagine pretty well, since the Linux community always seems eager to run > on new hardware. > > Could it be that the Linux community hasn't been quick enough in > accepting IBM's contributions to Linux to support POWER, so IBM decided > to buy the largest member of the community to fix that? > > Or, could it be that IBM didn't have enough Linux expertise in-house to > support POWER on Linux, so they decided to buy a lot of expertise? > > What do you think?
Those alleged problems could have been solved for far less than $34B -- Doug > > Prentice > > On 10/29/2018 02:43 PM, Jörg SaÃmannshausen wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> it is not only that, but I saw something about Mellanox today as well. >> >> Not good news in my humble opinion. :-( >> >> All the best >> >> Jörg >> >> >> Am Montag, 29. Oktober 2018, 07:42:48 GMT schrieb Tony Brian Albers: >>> https://www.reuters.com/article/us-red-hat-m-a-ibm/ibm-to-acquire-softw >>> are-company-red-hat-for-34-billion-idUSKCN1N20N3 >>> >>> I wonder where that places us in the not too distant future.. >>> >>> I've worked for Big Blue, and I'm not sure the company cultures are >>> compatible to say the least. >>> >>> /tony >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > -- > MailScanner: Clean > > -- Doug -- MailScanner: Clean _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
