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ZDNN: Red Hat and the Linux evolution

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 15, 1999

“Once again, investors have a stake in a technology few of them
understand, and the burden rests upon Robert Young, CEO of red-hot
Red Hat Software, to make them rich.

“Red Hat’s public offering on Wednesday, put you in mind of the
first solely land-dwelling being on the evolutionary scale. There’s
no going back to the comfort of the sea for Red Hat. It’s time to
find food or die.

“There’s the expected good news for Red Hat. In an investing
atmosphere that is desperate for any high-tech winner, even if it
is invented in the first day of trading, the stock
soared.

“The initial swell is well founded, as Red Hat’s prospects
are good.”

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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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