Don't Fall for Reputation Laundering and Whitewashing

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 15, 2024

Remember history, don't pay attention to PR and charm offensives

How Red Hat presents itself to the public:

IBM and eugenics: (a century ago)

Red Hat doesn't exist anymore. We're all IBM

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