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Re:Oxidizing Ubuntu: adopting Rust utilities by default by mixmastamyk on Saturday March 22, 2025 @04:47PM (#43448482)
Fragmede above describes the details on why we keep a healthy distance from IBM.
Re:Oxidizing Ubuntu: adopting Rust utilities by default by yawaramin on Monday March 24, 2025 @02:31PM (#43464023)
Provide the link please! Don't make me hunt through the thread to figure out what you're talking about lol
Re:Oxidizing Ubuntu: adopting Rust utilities by default by mixmastamyk on Monday March 24, 2025 @04:10PM (#43464922)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43443062

As he says, it's just business. And IBM isn't near the top on my list of big tech companies to avoid. However they are subject to the same enshittification pressures as the rest. Their history is not all rosy either.