“Red Hat has been the primary Linux stock for Wall Street and
the Dell deal will gives it a nice head start on the competition.
Two of Red Hat’s competitors go public this week. Andover.net
(Proposed ticker: ANDN) and VA Linux (Proposed ticker: LNUX) will
launch IPOs.”
“Red Hat and Dell extended their strategic alliance with a
worldwide service and support agreement. Under the deal, Dell
will factory-install Red Hat Linux on all future and currently
shipping Dell PowerEdge server models.“
“Dell was the first to install Red Hat Linux on its servers and
now will give Red Hat more distribution. Red Hat Linux will be
installed across Dell’s entire server line. Factory installation of
an operating system (OS) customizes each server to exact customer
specifications, the companies said.”