A Red Hat Response to Factual Information About Red Hat
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-08-13 11:18:33 UTC
- Modified: 2020-08-13 11:18:33 UTC
What's the point even responding to the person whose salary comes from the company under scrutiny (based upon facts, no "conspiracy" anything)?
Summary: So far we've seen only Red Hat employees blasting our articles about Red Hat/IBM and the responses lack any substance, just name-calling (so we must be on the right track; there's no refutation so far)

We've seen worse...
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