TECHWEB: An Interview with Robert Young: Red Hat | Linux Today

TECHWEB: An Interview with Robert Young: Red Hat

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 6, 1998

While financial facts about the investment in Linux have not
been disclosed, how would you describe it in non-financial
terms?

The money has much less to do with the value of this deal to Red
Hat and to Linux than [it does with] the partnership with firms of
this caliber. It proves to other open-source-code development
companies that venture capitalists are interested in investing in
the open-source software-development model.

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Web Webster

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