[Beowulf] Oh.. IBM eats Red Hat

[Ryan Novosielski]

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Mellanox is apparently being pressured to sell by an activist hedge
fund called "Starboard Value" that feels they are spending too much
money on R&D and apparently not generating enough of a windfall for
stockholders?

This company seems to pull some pretty gross maneuvers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starboard_Value

On 10/29/2018 02:43 PM, Jörg Saßmannshausen wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> it is not only that, but I saw something about Mellanox today as
> well.
> 
> Not good news in my humble opinion. :-(
> 
> All the best
> 
> Jörg
> 
> 
> Am Montag, 29. Oktober 2018, 07:42:48 GMT schrieb Tony Brian
> Albers:
>> https://www.reuters.com/article/us-red-hat-m-a-ibm/ibm-to-acquire-sof
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>>
>> 
are-company-red-hat-for-34-billion-idUSKCN1N20N3
>> 
>> I wonder where that places us in the not too distant future..
>> 
>> I've worked for Big Blue, and I'm not sure the company cultures
>> are compatible to say the least.
>> 
>> /tony
> 
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