Does The Microsoft-Novell Pact Favor Red Hat?
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| What is the impact on Linux distribution usage of the Novell patent deal with
| Microsoft? According to open source enterprise content management (ECM)
| vendor Alfresco, it's driving users to Red Hat.
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| Alfresco asked 15,000 people between April and June about the way they deploy
| Alfresco's ECM solution. According to the Alfresco survey, Red Hat users
| tripled during the study period while Novell SUSE usage remained flat. In a
| statement, Ian Howells, chief marketing officer at Alfresco, alleged that the
| divergence between Red Hat and Novell in terms of usage is related to the
| November deal between Novell and Microsoft.
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No wonder Red Hat's sales are going through the roof. Since it's a
support-based model, huge growth does not translate (proportionally) into
gross profit. It's the new business model. Ads (Google) and subscription (Red
Hat).
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