The problem with this is the same as usual with IBM. is it worth the cost difference that IBM will charge over these others that are good enough? Generally that answer is no
This is really about Red Hat, and not IBM. As far as I understand, Red Hat's pricing has not really changed since they were a separate company, and of course, you can always use Red Hat's offerings for free. You really can't say that about VMware's stuff.
while this is true when you get to this level of tehcnology you get into IBMs pricing madness. They have been ok so far since the acquisition of RedHat but plenty of indications so far that they are headings towards doing IBM things
On the contrary, all signs have shown that [Red Hat's culture is shaping IBM's](https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/10/21/ibm-is-turning-into-red-hat-on-steroids). Not the other way around. Not sure if you heard, but IBM is actually spinning off it's managed infrastructure services side to focus almost entirely on hybrid cloud and AI (they will still maintain mainframe hardware sales I believe).
IBM's new President is Red Hat's former CEO. Red Hat's new CEO was the architect behind the Red Hat deal altogether.
There is hoper then. i know we have been seeing some price increases since the buyout on various services. some of the businesses i work with are very familiar with IBM and their shenanigans. Hopefully this changes but somehow they always seem to fuck it up
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