Inter@ctive Week: Q&A: I@W Meets Red Hat Co-Founder

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 13, 1999

“Inter@ctive Week contacted Robert Young, co-founder (with Marc
Ewing) of Red Hat… and asked how Red Hat was emerging as guy in
the white hat, so to speak, when it came to attracting venture
capital support. As of year-end 1998, Red Hat was the Linux
marketplace leader for systems sold, with 53.8 percent vs. 10.4
percent for its nearest competitor, S.U.S.E., according to
International Data Corp.”


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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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