IBM's Bad Leadership is a Threat to GNU/Linux

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 30, 2024

12 days ago: IBM (and Red Hat) is a Patent Troll, Still Leveraging Software Patents to Extract Money Out of Other Companies by Suing Them

IBM is heading towards nowhere. A lot of talented staff leaves. Many get laid off. The reason? Salaries are "expensive".

New in thelayoff.com:

Let's take a a look.

2024:

2023:

Notice how Microsoft too fell a couple of places.

We worry that since Red Hat controls so much of the GNU/Linux stack difficulties at IBM will result in divestment. We already see that in Fedora. █

"The board hired AK to move jobs from NA to India to save money to investors" -2 hours ago by Anonymous

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