IBM rumored to gobble up open source and Linux darling Red Hat -- should we be worried?

Red Hat Inc. is a great example of how a company can be successful with open source. Hell, Red hat is a billion dollar company -- yes, billion with a "B." Its contributions to the Linux community are invaluable -- RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora are important and indispensable. That's why a new rumor has me very scared. You see, a new bombshell report from Bloomberg says IBM is close to acquiring the open source darling, Red Hat. IBM should be a great Red Hat owner from a financial standpoint, but IBM's leadership has been questionable over the years. I'm sure… [Continue Reading]