We Have Been Shaping IBM For This Moment' In arguably the biggest technology acquisition of 2018, IBM unveiled plans on Sunday to acquire open source giant Red Hat for a whopping $34 billion.

The world of Linux has seen some disquiet over recent weeks following the decision of Red Hat to restrict source code distribution for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to only their paying customers.

Red Hat today announced the general availability ... which is slated to get IBM as its parent company under a $34 billion deal expected to close later this year. RHEL 8 is another reason for ...