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Sometimes I wonder if we're not being fair to RedHat, but then I remember at the same time they didn't go under in 2008 like Sun did, and they didn't take the hit many others did due to COVID.
So sad for Sun. Just touching their products as they were before getting eaten by Oracle is an amazing experience.
Also very nice artistic language in visual design, I know this is not the most important thing.
I shouldn't be irrationally angry about a corp going under, but the people working there had some drive you just don't see these days.