▲ 102 ▼ Keep Linux Open and Free—We Can’t Afford Not To - Oracle Blog (www.oracle.com) submitted 3 years ago by Five@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] brainfreeze@beehaw.org 6 points 3 years ago (3 children) Fucks sake, did they really do that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] comicallycluttered@beehaw.org 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) Oh, don't worry. They played for both sides and helped America as well. And by "helped America", I mean helped facilitate the internment of over a hundred thousand civilians of Japanese descent. But still, they helped in the war effort, I suppose. Who they helped just depends on your perspective at any given time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] brainfreeze@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago Good lord! I had no idea about all that. I appreciate the info. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Serenus@beehaw.org 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemmyatom@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago Wow. TIL... permalink fedilink source parent [–] rambaroo@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago Yes they're owned by IBM now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] comicallycluttered@beehaw.org 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) Oh, don't worry. They played for both sides and helped America as well. And by "helped America", I mean helped facilitate the internment of over a hundred thousand civilians of Japanese descent. But still, they helped in the war effort, I suppose. Who they helped just depends on your perspective at any given time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] brainfreeze@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago Good lord! I had no idea about all that. I appreciate the info. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brainfreeze@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago Good lord! I had no idea about all that. I appreciate the info. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Serenus@beehaw.org 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemmyatom@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago Wow. TIL... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rambaroo@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago Yes they're owned by IBM now. permalink fedilink source parent