RE: JBoss aquired by Red Hat

> Personally, I don't think there is a natural strategic=20=0D=0A> alignmen=
t between IBM and Red Hat.  IBM doesn't want to be in=20=0D=0A> the GNU/Lin=
ux distribution business.  They support Red Hat to=20=0D=0A> be in that bus=
iness, and they used to support S.U.S.E as well=20=0D=0A> (I don't know whe=
ther they support Novell).  I don't think=20=0D=0A> there is a long term al=
ignment beyond that.=0D=0A=0D=0AAs long as Microsoft is so dominant, there =
will always be a reason for=0D=0AIBM, Novell, Red Hat and everyone else to =
have at least some pressure=0D=0Atoward cooperation.=0D=0A=0D=0A-Kelly=0D=0A=0D=
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