https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-ARM-Changes-Red-Hat-QA
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Yes, that's Wright the buffoon.
Client Zero for AI is nothing but another pie in the sky joke. Going nowhere but sure makes a lot of noise. Much ado about nothing.
As a former IBM executive said "If you want loyalty, get a dog". That remark applies to everyone at IBM.
It's a dog-eat-dog world, thanks to IBM and McKinsey.
You reap what you sow.
Ah Yes Joanne Wright. One slight correction though
She’s an SVP. They promoted her a couple of years ago . She’s big into Client Zero for AI
I'm so very sorry to hear that. What are the reasons they give when applying for jobs?
Many of the Red Hat Employees are still looking for work with no offers on the table. After 25 yrs with Red Hat in both Raleigh and Asia. I am still not able to find a job. At my age over 50 there is little opportunity. Several of us have lost our homes and have no place to go. Nice pay back for loyalty and hard work.
In case you haven't noticed, mainframes are becoming obsolete, the other tech companies are winning, while AK, RT and IBM losers are sitting in a ditch pretending they are riding at 100 mph while they are stationary. It's nothing more but a rehash of the story "The Emperor's New clothes".
It's not wise to spend $34 billion in all-cash just to "keep mainframes relevant for the next decade or so, nothing more". Too much money to literally ki-l the investment over a short period of time. I'd rephrase it: "I have no idea what I'm doing, but since they spent so much money buying this company and I said I'm the person to handle this very expensive acquisition, I've got to keep something going, I'll enjoy the revenue they bring in for a little while as they seem to be making money, AND I will take full credit, although I have no idea what I'm doing and have no strategy whatsoever, but by the time they figured out that I turned $34 billion in acquisition I'd be probably gone, I just need 5-6 years to B S".
There was a lot of innovation potential inside Red Hat. It's gone. AK never managed anything, he was just talking for self-promotion.
AK and RT see Red Hat (and Hashi) as a way to keep mainframes relevant for the next decade or so, nothing more. Therefore, further R&D, QA, etc. aren't really needed.
When will the ridiculous VP of F&O (another DEI hire) with her pathetic thick accent and her pet apes in the CIO Office depart the mother ship ? It's a long overdue replacement in a fast changing world. Maybe Kavanaugh can give us an update when he finishes upskilling with RT.
Alvind uses his standard smoke and mirrors arguments to try and distract shareholders and analysts from the failures and decreasing profitability of IBM. After all as a graduate of IIT, he learned to bulldoze them with BS. Hence his constant use of buzz words in media appearances to make him look wise and knowledgeable, while playing the audience for fools. Many have caught on to this guy's tricks and sleight of hand. After all, you can't change the curry once you cook it. Red Hat will continue to hemorrhage jobs to Alvind's motherland. It's what he promised Modi who recently signed on to join the new Axis of Evil.
Let's see what the market thinks of Q3 results for IBM.
Even more recently, he B S 'd. In May 2025, when speaking with the WSJ, AK said that AI had already replaced several hundred HR jobs but overall jobs at IBM had gone up due to hiring in software engineering and sales... Same timeframe, we heard that IBM was planning to cut 9,000 jobs in the US during 2025... AK's messaging is all about "transitioning the workforce and shifting investments" (oh, sounds so nice), not on ending layoffs. But here we are, trying to put the pieces together and figure things out informally and on our own (that is, what is really going on).
You didn’t mention the time he said during his 2023 kickoff that there would be no more mass layoffs.
There are people in finance & ops still showing “success” in slides from yearly headcount reductions savings. Must feel great to be them on stage huh. Well….until it is them🙄
I just have a question, I will get to it, please bear with me:
AK positioned himself to manage this very expensive acquisition, to then position himself again to become CEO. Cloud was supposed to become a key component of IBM's success, which didn't come to fruition, due to mismanagement.
Here's where we stand as of right now:
Catching up in the cloud market: IBM, even with Red Hat, continues to lag behind competitors like AWS and Azure in terms of market share.
Cultural concerns: Some (or perhaps many) Red Hat employees have expressed concerns about changes to the company culture and the potential for a loss of its unique open-source identity following the acquisition. The culture concerns do not end there, by any means.
Layoffs: There have been several rounds of layoffs at Red Hat since the acquisition (particularly 2023 - we know of 800, 2024 and 2025), further fueling anxieties about the integration process.
Employee attrition: A significant portion Red Hat employees have been departing for new roles or left the company entirely. As an example, a July 2025 report on Reddit claimed that the Fedora QA team had shrunk by half over the past year.
Aging product portfolio: Concerns exist about the long-term growth potential of Red Hat's core products, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), as the shift towards public cloud computing continues.
I could go on. But... the ultimate success of the acquisition depended on IBM's ability to continue fostering Red Hat's innovation and culture while effectively integrating it into its overall strategy, particularly in the rapidly evolving cloud and AI landscape.
THIS IS THE JOB OF THE CEO AND HIS TEAM.
Clearly, none of this has happened. Quite the contrary. IBM acquired Red Hat for approximately $34 billion (all-cash deal), this investment continues to lose value and diluting as times goes by.
So, here comes my question:
WHY IS AK STILL THE CEO AND ALLOWED TO B S ABOUT AI AND QUANTUM TO DISTRACT US ALL FROM THIS?