Raleigh News-Observer: A Triangle annual report

"Here are 10 stories that mattered most in local business".--Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina

"7. Red Hype"

"To borrow a 1990s phrase, Red Hat is 'da bomb.' At least that's the opinion of high-tech hucksters who gave Red Hat executives the rock-star treatment this fall."

"Six months ago, Red Hat Software was a somewhat secretive Durham start-up working on a rather obscure computer operating system called Linux. Then came a feature in The New York Times and investments by Intel and Netscape. A media frenzy followed at CNN, Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal."

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