Red Hat

 I have seen and heard many Linux Professionals talk about Red Hat's closing the Source. Many talk about the license. Even more talk about the damage Red Hat is doing to the Linux community. I still think this is IBM killing off Red Hat, my personal opinion. Regardless, Red Hat is killing themselves by taking this road.

 How did Red Hat become Red Hat? Giving away the source and then the customer had to pay for services. Red Hat Became a Billion Dollar company working this model. What they are doing now is going to drive people away and that Billion Dollar company will vanish with them. How is closing the source going to bring in more money? 

 IBM had Red Hat kill off CentOS and now IBM is having Red Hat kill off all other Red Hat clones by closing the source and in turn, pushing customers away. You think those customers are going to pay UNIX costs? Not a chance. When things work, you don't mess with it. But you can't anymore because someone else owns you now. You have to do what the new owners tell you to do. They could shut you down tomorrow and there is nothing you can do about it. 

You are no longer a Billion Dollar company, but a pawn.