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Keep Linux Open and Free—We Can’t Afford Not To - Oracle Blog (www.oracle.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Five@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Finally, to IBM, here’s a big idea for you. You say that you don’t want to pay all those RHEL developers? Here’s how you can save money: just pull from us. Become a downstream distributor of Oracle Linux. We will happily take on the burden.

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[–] Serenus@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, IBM supplied a ton of computers to the Nazis during the war, as well as expertise on implementation/usage, from my understanding.

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/black-ibm.html

[–] lemmyatom@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Wow. TIL...