Re: Flatpak not being actively developed

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 20:11:16 -0000 (UTC), John McCue wrote:
 

If so and since RHEL is now owned by IBM, no surprise here.

 
Yes, that would be a surprise. I thought the understanding of how the
acquisition was supposed to operate was that Red Hat would continue to be
operated as pretty much an autonomous entity, free from higher-level
executive meddling, precisely because it was the only part of IBM making a
decent profit, and the company didn't want to compromise the goose that
lays the golden eggs in any way.
 
If this policy has changed, then that's the end of Red Hat.

From what I heard, IBM gives large acquisitions them a period of
time of independence, usually it is around 5 years.  From the
article below, seems it is starting, this is from Feb 2025:

Earlier this month, Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks
announced that Red Hats middleware team would be
merging with the IBM middleware team.

See:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2025/02/24/what-could-merging-the-ibm-and-red-hat-middleware-teams-accomplish/


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