FOSS folk who make us proud
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| Five days ago, three members of the free and open source software community
| finally heaved a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from their brows after
| winning a battle they had waged for years.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15896/1090/
Running With a Revamped, Refreshed Red Hat
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| There's lots of holiday cheer to go around in North Carolina this season.
| Linux leader Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) reported a very strong third quarter, with
| 28% higher sales than in the year-ago period, 24% stronger operating cash
| flow, and 39% fatter net income. Investors liked what they saw, giving the
| share price a 12% boost on Friday on very heavy volume.
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http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2007/12/24/running-with-a-revamped-refreshed-red-hat.aspx
Everyone seems happy except for Novell, Linspire and others who are stuck in a
miserable (and unnecessary) patent+OOXML deal. How foolish.
Related:
Red Hat Shares Jump 10 Percent
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| Shares of Red Hat Inc. jumped 10 percent Friday, one day after the open
| source software distributor announced a rise in third-quarter earnings and
| the appointment of a new chief executive.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071221/red_hat_shares.html?.v=1
New Red Hat CEO checks open source claims
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| The news that the operations chief from a major US airline, Jim Whitehurst
| from Delta, is taking over at Red Hat from Matthew Szulik is a further sign
| of the growing legitimization of open source and Linux in the eyes of
| corporate, mainstream America. It underscores how the “suits to sandals”
| ratio in the open source and Linux movement sliding further towards the
| suits.
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| Whitehurst’s blue-chip background at the $16-billion-a-year Delta and the
| fact he’s an executive lured from outside of the IT industry rather than one
| who simply swapped one tech industry management job for another underscores
| the belief in open source as a business.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/12/21/red_hat_new_ceo/
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