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hsbauauvhabzb on July 11, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: SUSE is forking RHEL

RedHat also built their business on the backs of other peoples work, sure they make contributions back but I’m sure they’re minuscule when compared to profit. They read, understood and accepted licences for the products they on-sell and are now throwing their toys out of the pram when the free market does what it was always inevitably going to do with their in-house tech.

ossusermivami on July 11, 2023 [–]

> but I’m sure they’re minuscule when compared to profit.

how can you be so sure? Do you have insights on Red Hat finance we don't know about?

ZiiS on July 11, 2023 | [–]

They were publically traded till 2019 so thier finances were known. Having said that RH have and do contribute huge amounts.

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