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head_dunce writes "So it seems that this economy has inspired a lot of businesses to move to Linux with Red Hat posting profits that beat everyone's expectations. Looks like there's a dark side to being a highly profitable company in a down economy though, now there is talks of Citigroup and Oracle wanting to buy Red Hat. For a while now we've been watching Yahoo fend off Carl Icann and Steve Ballmer so that Yahoo could stay independent, but the fight seems to be a huge distraction for Yahoo with lots of energy (and money) invested. — My question is, will Red Hat stay independent? And if there was a company to buy Red Hat, what company would make for a good parent?"
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  • Though really it doesn't matter in the end. If people don't like the environment, they can always fork the distro. Of course, the value of Redhat is only partially in the distribution itself, but in its corporate influence and track record.

    I'm surprised there aren't people trying to gobble up CodeWeavers or Transgaming, in an attempt to create the mythical "perfect distro".

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