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E-Commerce Times: Red Hat Ships Linux For Compaq

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 13, 2000

“Linux vendor Red Hat…announced this week that it has begun
shipping a new version of its Linux OS for Compaq Alpha computer
systems.”

Red Hat Linux 6.1 Deluxe for Compaq Alpha Systems, created
in collaboration with Compaq…is optimized for enterprise and
Internet applications.
The product boasts such features as
ease-of-installation, improved system management capabilities and
software update information and access….”

“The new package was created as part of an extended strategic
alliance between the two firms, announced in the fall of 1999, that
also featured a partnership on enterprise-level user support to
help push Red Hat’s Linux solutions into the corporate market.”

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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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