E-Commerce Times: Exclusive Interview with Paul McNamara, GM of Red Hat's Enterprise Business Unit | Linux Today

E-Commerce Times: Exclusive Interview with Paul McNamara, GM of Red Hat’s Enterprise Business Unit

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 2, 1999

“Red Hat…grabbed media headlines and international attention
when it offered a high profile IPO in August, 1999, taking the
Linux movement into a new arena.”

“The Durham, North Carolina-based provider of Linux software
solutions has also benefited from the recent finding of fact in the
Microsoft antitrust trial that branded the software titan a
monopoly.”

Some industry analysts call Red Hat the star of the market
for Linux solutions, one that could fundamentally transform the
software industry.
In this exclusive interview, Paul McNamara,
General Manager of Red Hat’s Enterprise Business Unit, discusses
Linux, e-commerce and the benefits of open-source technology.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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