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eWeek: Dell’s Investment Shows Red Hat Is Red Hot

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 12, 2005

“While it’s too soon to determine the full impact of Dell’s
nearly $100 million investment in Linux vendor Red Hat, the move
makes one thing perfectly clear: The Linux server market is red
hot, and the Linux desktop market isn’t far behind.

“Dell chairman Michael Dell earlier this week invested $99.5
million of his own money in Red Hat Inc. of Raleigh, N.C.,
surprising many in the industry…”

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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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