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Should we be wary of Red Hat? (lemmy.cafe)
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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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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

While this is true, it's absurd to think that IBM in the 1930s/1940s is anything like IBM or RedHat (which btw is ran completely independently from IBM) now.

Based on this line of thinking, all German companies that have existed since that time are Nazi. Ford is nazi. Etc.

The leadership of IBM, and even moreso RedHat is completely different in 2025 than during/preceding WW2.

[–] bacon_pdp@lemmy.world -2 points 6 hours ago

Well we either allow companies to earn a reputation (in which case those companies which helped the Nazis are permanently stained)

Or reputation decays over time (in which companies have to earn our trust every day)

Either way is valid and consistent.