Red hat faces a talent exodus with linux kernel engineer david howells departing after 18 years, following hans de goede's exit This raises concerns about the company's retention amid ibm integration, layoffs, and policy shifts, potentially impacting linux innovations Just this year alone so far in 2025 he's authored or been mentioned on more than one thousand mainline linux kernel patches wow this guy is awesome! From what we were told this morning, this is a purely red hat decision not influenced by ibm, primarily intended to reduce our spending and save cash in light of the increased cost of money caused by rising interest rates. To me fedora fills a very specific role in the advancement of the linux desktop technologies, and if it goes away (interpret this as a variety of scenarios, with fedora losing people and relevance as the common factor) i don't know who would fill that role. How linux would continue without linus torvalds various myths surround the question of who would take over the leadership of linux in case of an emergency
Red hat parent company, ibm, has also been cutting jobs during 2023 — with over 4,000 jobs cut at last tally All of this raises several questions, some of which we aren’t likely to have good answers on right away How will these layoffs impact red hat’s overall success and linux contributions?
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