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Red Hat: Linux Pays Off - And Isn't Bloated
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| The recession is proving to be an opportune time for
| Linux vendor Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) as it continues to
| grow revenues and earnings. According to Red Hat
| executives, the growth is coming at the expense of
| rivals and as a result of customer confidence in the
| abilities of Linux and Red Hat's JBoss middleware
| platform.
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| The growth of Red Hat's business is not however a sign
| of bloat. During Red Hat's second quarter earnings investor
| call on Wednesday, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst responded to an
| analyst question about Linux founder Linus Torvalds' comment
| earlier this week that Linux was bloated.
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| "As Linux has continued to grow and its applicability continues to
| expand, there's just more feature functionality that people are
| looking for to be built into the operating system," Whitehurst
| said. "I don't think of that as bloat."
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| Whitehurst added that in his view, bloat is when vendors add
| features that people do not want. Linux, he said, is growing
| but with features that people do want.
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http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3840776/
Red Hat Numbers Show Linux Has Staying Power
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| Overall revenue for Red Hat was up double digits, by 12
| percent, with subscription revenue up by 15 percent.
| With other segments of IT, like the PC space, happy to
| be flat on a year-over-year basis, that's saying
| something.
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http://www.crn.com/software/220100969;jsessionid=5POI32ZDO3YGLQE1GHPSKHWATMY32JVN
Open Source Leader Red Hat Edges Sales, Profit Views In Q2
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| Red Hat offers the Linux operating system and JBoss
| middleware, which lets computers share data. Red Hat
| makes money by providing technical support and software
| patches, and by selling premium paid versions of free
| open source products.
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http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=506963
Recent:
A Red Flag on Red Hat
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| To be sure, Red Hat's stock has surged so far this year.
| Shares are up 95% year-to-date, and could go higher.
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http://online.barrons.com/article/SB125354474046628007.html
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