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> but I'm pretty sure RedHat knew exactly what they were doing when they decided to let IBM in the door.

Call me cynical but isn't it possible that the people who were responsible for the acquisition on RedHat's side were also the ones who would benefit most from it financially so they simply sold out?

VMWare was bought by someone considered even more dinosaur, EMC. EMC <-> Dell was dinosaur union.

I have heard one rumor (only one, mind you) that Dell/VMWare was more of a reverse merger. If you end up in charge of strategy for the combined company, then of course things go better for you.