[ale] IBM is buying Redhat!

[Alex Carver]

On 2018-10-29 06:40, Solomon Peachy via Ale wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 09:24:13AM -0400, Simba via Ale wrote:
>> In the real world, everything you said is wrong.
> 
> [ Citation needed ]
> 
>> If you don't want to be wrong about everything all the time you should
>> avoid making sweeping generalizations about hundreds of millions or
>> billions of unique individual people.
> 
> Right back at you. 
> 
> You seem to be confusing "the way I think things should be" with "the 
> way things actually are."  Including blithely dismissing customer 
> requirements.  That's not how you win business, no matter what field 
> you're in.
> 
> What works at a small scale is unworkable at larger scales.
> 
> Meanwhile.  In my nearly twenty years in this field, I've done 
> consulting/contract work for about fifteen, including three of mostly 
> DoD-related work. Since 2013 I've worked directly for a billion-dollar 
> enterprise.
> 
> So forgive me for thinking I have an inkling for how large organizations 
> actually think and operate.
> 


I've got a DOD desktop machine managed by an IT contractor. The software
gets updated on 3-6 month intervals depending on the testing complexity
while the hardware is cycled out every three years.  Not every DOD
contract is so rigid that they don't upgrade or hold on tooth and nail.