Fewer in Asia seek Linux support
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| Kurc said, in an interview with ZDNet Asia: "It's great that people are
| implementing Linux for free. I'm all for gaining mindshare." The Novell
| executive was in Singapore to speak at an event on Windows and Linux
| interoperability to employ server virtualization.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62036927,00.htm
Bad new for vendors? Not if one judges by Red Hat's huge growth. Linux is
reliable enough that users don't rely much on support and third-party setup.
They DIY too, so the servers never get counted.
Here is why Novell sees a decline:
MLP: git, hwdata, open source business
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| Lots of good stuffhere: "Red Hat knows that they have a premium brand, so
| ignoring people competing on price is the right strategy." Also
| covers "blowback" of the Novell/MSFT deal: "Customers aren’t worried about
| being sued for patent infringement." Plus why software isn't a commodity,
| when not to copy Red Hat, and more.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/community/?q=node/2288
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.
|
| 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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