[Humour/Meme] Wear the Red Hat as the Open Org Becomes Openwash
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-07-07 04:49:22 UTC
- Modified: 2020-07-07 04:49:22 UTC
Always very open... for business
Summary: IBM is changing Red Hat and not for the better; sooner or later IBM will become another Microsoft and changing from one to the other will be like swapping 'masters'
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