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The only positive side I can think of is that, Microsoft did not buy RH before IBM does.

This is a threat to OSS, sadly.

Maybe Google or Amazon will buy Canonical soon?

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Microsoft would have actually been better. They're at least still a product development company. IBM at this point is just consultants and their sales ilk. They'll gut Red hat.

Second that.

Half a year ago I was still at RedHat, and we were joking around with colleagues, that either the big bet on OpenShift/kubernetes starts paying off, or somebody buys us.

We joked that Microsoft under Satya Nadella would actually be quite a good fit :D

I see IBM as being worse than MS as a company. They have steadily imploded over the last 20 years.

I don't want Google or Amazon anywhere near Canonical.

Why?

I don't know about Google but Amazon should definitely not come near Canonical. Amazon is the worst among FAANG & Microsoft towards Open Source. Look at what they have given back to the community.

Because more consolidation at the top is not good, and there is already far too much.

I'm not sure Amazon would be worse than the likes of bloodsucking PE (private equity) owning Suse.

I'd place my bets that MS would buy Canonical since they already have a relationship.

Why do they need to sell it to begin with?

Maybe Google or Amazon will buy Canonical soon?

What makes you think that would be a good thing?

What makes you think the poster thinks of it as a good thing?

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