7 Challenges Red Hat Faces to Remain Open Source's Finest | Linux Today

7 Challenges Red Hat Faces to Remain Open Source’s Finest

Written By
JP
Joe Panettieri
May 8, 2007

“When Red Hat kicks off its annual customer conference today in
San Diego, I will be watching closely. The company faces at least
seven key challenges–and opportunities–as it tries to remain the
open source industry’s most successful company. Here’s the
rundown.

7. Don’t Underestimate Oracle Linux: At first,
I dismissed Oracle Linux as a yet another pretender in the market.
But during a meeting I had last week, SugarCRM CEO John Roberts
said he’s taking Oracle Linux very seriously…”

Complete
Story

JP

Joe Panettieri

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