[ Thanks to smk for this link.
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“Red Hat started off on the NASDAQ in 1999 then moved
to the NYSE in 2006. Two years later, the NYSE itself moved to
Linux as the underlying operating system for trading operations.
While financial services are a key vertical for Red Hat, it’s not
the only one.“In the last several Red Hat earnings calls, analysts keep
asking how Red Hat’s exposure to financial services is affecting
its bottom line. The answer is self-evident. In its first quarter
fiscal 2010 earnings, Red Hat showed continued growth despite the
global economic downturn.”