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ZDNET: Berst Alert: The Red Hat Irony

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 30, 1999

[ Thanks to Brad
Felmey
for this link. ]

“Red Hat is the upside surprise of the year. I’m not just
talking about Linux. We’ve been writing about the alternative OS
for a long time now. Watching its slow, steady ascent. What has
really caught fire in recent weeks is Red Hat, the leading
distributor of Linux….”

“One reason for Red Hat’s surging popularity is that Chairman
Bob Young has been criss-crossing the nation, proselytizing his
company’s products as the alternative to the evil empire of
Microsoft. And girding Red Hat for “world domination? and fast,” as
Young puts it, only half in jest.”

“To achieve that, Red Hat must become? more like Microsoft.
Which makes one of the biggest stories of the year also one of the
most ironic.
Here’s what you need to know….”


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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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