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Re:Chef to be acquired by Progress by pm90 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @08:04AM (#24407563)
I agree with this sentiment. The acquirer seems to be one of this enterprise companies that nobody hears about.
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Re:Chef to be acquired by Progress by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @08:07AM (#24407590)
If you work in more traditional Windows-based IT, you know Progress. But yeah, they're not startup-y, it's unsurprising if the Silicon Valley crowd isn't familiar.
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Re:Chef to be acquired by Progress by somesortofsystm on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @08:14AM (#24407636)
They are very well and truly entrenched in the enterprise application industry. I know a few medium-sized businesses that have maintained their Progress 4GL -> OpenEdge code for decades now.
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Re:Chef to be acquired by Progress by notyourday on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @08:37AM (#24407779)
That's because they are one of the companies that prints money by charging enterprises to do non-sexy things that startups don't find to be very interesting.
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