>I actually work at Red Hat and IBM are very hands off.
Are you the CEO or within the decision making structure? Otherwise really it just sounds like you just aren't in on the backchannel where these instructions are issued. Oh and inb4 "There is no backchannel!", IBM is subject to Sarbanes–Oxley there's a backchannel.
Are you the CEO or within the decision making structure? Otherwise really it just sounds like you just aren't in on the backchannel where these instructions are issued. Oh and inb4 "There is no backchannel!", IBM is subject to Sarbanes–Oxley there's a backchannel.