Time To Break Out The 'Prove It' Pins Again, Mr. Szulik? | Linux Today

Time To Break Out The ‘Prove It’ Pins Again, Mr. Szulik?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 11, 2007

“Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik is not known for avoiding conflicts
that threaten his company. So how much longer will it be before he
unleashes his legal team to defend against Microsoft’s patent
accusations in the same way he railed against SCO Group’s copyright
claims?

“I have this bright red pin hanging in my cubicle with the
phrase ‘Prove It!’ boldly plastered across the middle. It’s a
trinket I saved from a time in 2003 when the bubble was settling,
but Red Hat was gathering traction in the data center and sales
were on the increase. Then something out of left field happened to
Red Hat and other Linux companies…”


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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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