"Prudential analyst John McPeake initiated coverage of three software companies Tuesday, including Red Hat, which makes a Linux-based operating system.
"'Although there have been many strains of the Linux operating system deployed since it was first released to the Internet in 1991, one release has come to dominate serious enterprise deployments: Red Hat,' McPeake wrote in a note to investors, mentioning that the company has captured more than 50 percent of the market..."
