Red Hat Aims to Stay On Course After $34B IBM Acquisition

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Sean Michael Kerner
Oct 30, 2018

During a media call on Oct. 28, Red Hat President Paul Cormier emphasized repeatedly that the acquisition by IBM would have no impact on Red Hat’s open source projects.

“The day after we close, we’re not going to be doing anything differently,” Cormier said. “It will be business as usual.”

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Sean Michael Kerner

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