Red Hat CEO Says He Talked Patents with Microsoft | Linux Today

Red Hat CEO Says He Talked Patents with Microsoft

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 28, 2007

“Red Hat Chief Executive Matthew Szulik said his company last
year held talks with Microsoft over a patent agreement that broke
down before the software giant signed a deal with Red Hat rival
Novell.

“The developer of Linux software, has yet to sign such a deal
which could see Novell, its biggest rival, woo customers away from
Red Hat and work on product development and sales with the world’s
No.1 software maker…”


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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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