Red Hat Sees Green
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| The Linux operating system that Red Hat's business is built around is
| free to share and distribute. But while it's easy to become an
| open-source distributor, it's more difficult to become expert
| enough with the stuff to make a living supporting it. Take Red
| Hat rival Novell. The Waltham, Mass.-based software company has
| struggled since moving into the open-source software business
| and positioning itself as an alternative to Red Hat, with its
| shares falling more than 35%, to $7.18 from $11.38, over the
| past three years.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/29/redhat-linux-earnings-markets-equity-cx_bc_0329markets22.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/39h7dj
Red Hat 4Q Profit Down, Sales Up
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| Red Hat Inc., which makes open-source Linux software and offers Linux
| support, on Thursday said its fourth-quarter earnings declined 25 percent
| while revenue increased.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070329/red_hat_earns.html?.v=2
Some say it's because of the expensive JBoss acqusition.
No luck in Novell's land:
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| "Granted, some of the recent declines in these companies have been due to
| fundamental problems, such as lackluster sales and earnings at Novell."
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http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2007/03/29/3-questions-to-ask-before-selling.aspx
Yesterday:
Customers happy with Red Hat/JBoss connection
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| "I don't think anybody sees the JBoss acquisition as a negative thing,"
| Engate says. "The only ones who might see it as a negative are their
| competitors."
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/032807-jboss-red-hat.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Related:
Red Hat doubles JBoss funding
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| Open-source specialist Red Hat claims that it is doubling the
| amount of research and development investment in JBoss -- the
| open-source application server company it acquired last June.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Red_Hat_doubles_JBoss_funding/0,130061733,339274288,00.htm?feed=rss
http://tinyurl.com/26wzr3
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