🗂 Link: VMware CEO: IBM Paid Too Much for Red Hat

“We’re going to own the Kubernetes stack,” Gelsinger said at the Deutsche Bank Conference. “We’re not going to be relying on third-party code. It’s all going to be an integrated solution stack to execute on that Kubernetes.”

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“Do we assess the competitive environment? Well, of course, we do,” Gelsinger said. “So, IBM spent $34 billion doing this. I spent $2.8 billion [on Pivotal], plus add Heptio. So, I spent less than $3 billion and I think I have better assets.”

Source: VMware CEO: IBM Paid Too Much for Red Hat