I work for Red Hat and wasn't going to comment (as I don't know Paul), but I feel somewhat compelled by so much of the negativity here.
Red Hat, like all companies, is not a monolith. It's a huge mix of people from different places, cultures, etc. It's a salad bowl of personalities, values, and priorities.
Somehow we come together to make some amazing products. As I mentioned above I can't comment on Paul because I don't know him, but I can comment on what I've seen at Red Hat.
We are super forgiving about "license violations." I've never seen the "Oracle tactics" and if I do, I'll probably quit. IBM is not infecting Red Hat, in fact it's the other way around. I don't interact with IBM at all but from what I've seen at a distance we are spreading our culture to them. I don't agree with every policy of ours regarding RHEL and subscriptions, etc, as I feel it disincentivizes community usage too much, but I've never seen it used punitively or aggressively against anyone, especially our customers.
I choose to remain optimistic that the future is bright, until there's actual evidence that it may not be true. Jumping to conclusions early is at best unproductive and at worst could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. I'm excited to see what the future will bring.
Red Hat, like all companies, is not a monolith. It's a huge mix of people from different places, cultures, etc. It's a salad bowl of personalities, values, and priorities.
Somehow we come together to make some amazing products. As I mentioned above I can't comment on Paul because I don't know him, but I can comment on what I've seen at Red Hat.
We are super forgiving about "license violations." I've never seen the "Oracle tactics" and if I do, I'll probably quit. IBM is not infecting Red Hat, in fact it's the other way around. I don't interact with IBM at all but from what I've seen at a distance we are spreading our culture to them. I don't agree with every policy of ours regarding RHEL and subscriptions, etc, as I feel it disincentivizes community usage too much, but I've never seen it used punitively or aggressively against anyone, especially our customers.
I choose to remain optimistic that the future is bright, until there's actual evidence that it may not be true. Jumping to conclusions early is at best unproductive and at worst could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. I'm excited to see what the future will bring.