To be slowed, stopped : include the following projects:
Red Hat build of OpenJDK
Red Hat build of Node.js
Red Hat build of Eclipse Vert.x
Red Hat JBoss EAP
Red Hat build of Apache Camel
Red Hat build of Apicurio RegistryWhy did they have their own builds of these projects in the first place? Did they have custom patches they maintained?
To be able to sell them as supported builds to the enterprise market
Cool. Do openshift and keycloak next!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Exclusive Red Hat is slowing or stopping development of some of its middleware software, a situation which could result in some staff layoffs.
The Register has seen what purports to be an internal email from the IBM subsidiary’s vice president of Middleware Engineering, Mark Little, revealing that development and maintenance of several of the company’s products will be slowed, stopped, or – using one of everyone’s favorite bits of corporate euphemism – “rightsized.”
Apparently the changes are part of the company’s “strategic realignment,” which is assessing the Hat’s products and services “to identify those that no longer aligned with our long-term strategy.”
The biggest batch of projects are those to be “rightsized,” which means the company will “reduce the number of associates working on the product to align to current business needs.”
Products on which fewer Hatters will be working include the following half dozen of Red Hat’s own builds of existing projects:
The Reg FOSS desk hopes that perhaps some of his former colleagues in Big Purple’s Java teams are able to find new roles associated with the now far more cool and trendy AI instead – either inside the company, or outside it.
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