IBM have been supporting Linux for ages, and Red Hat are a commercial 
entity who sell a commercial product as well as services.

Unless you're a commercial entity yourself and use Red Hat's products and 
services, I don't think this will really affect you much, if at all.

On Sun, 28 Oct 2018, Shawn Fertch wrote:

> Not sure what to say...
>
> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-28/ibm-is-said-to-near-deal-to-acquire-software-maker-red-hat
>
> -Shawn
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