Red Hat is slowing or stopping development of some of its middleware software, a situation which could result in some staff layoffs., revealing that development and maintenance of several of the company's products will be slowed, stopped, or – using one of everyone's favorite bits of corporate euphemism –"rightsized."
Apparently the changes are part of the company's"strategic realignment," which is assessing the Hat's products and services"to identify those that no longer aligned with our long-term strategy." The goal is double-digit growth, but it's possible it is a new, but masked, round of layoffs. We are sure this hasthe end of life of Optaplanner 8 in March, along with the information that it wasn't continuing with Optaplanner 9.
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