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Spectator Online: Beware the Army In Red Fedoras

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 13, 1999

Thanks to Mark
Turner
for this link.

“Red Hat Software’s troop are on a mission to change the world
of business.”

“They are soldiers in a revolution. They believe their mission
is possible – to change how businesses operate.”

“Their symbol of allegiance is a bright red fedora. And they
march to the anthem of shareware. Their precious computer code is
open for the world to see – and to change – which makes Linux as
different from the Borg of software, Microsoft, as Captain Picard
is from The Founders.

“They are the men and women of Red Hat Software…”

Complete
story
.

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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