How to make a half-a-billion bucks with Linux

Mar 26, 2009, 23:01 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

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"Red Hat reported its 4th quarter results last night, March 25th. I quote: "Total revenue for the quarter was $166.2 million, an increase of 18% from the year ago quarter and 1% from the prior quarter. Subscription revenue for the quarter was $139.4 million, up 14% year-over-year and 3% from the prior quarter. For the full year, total revenue was $652.6 million, an increase of 25% over the prior year, and subscription revenue was $541.2 million, up 20% year-over-year."

"Anyone want to bet Red Hat's total revenue will top a billion in 2011?"

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