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Swisscom Decision Points the Way to the Red Hat Ecosystem Sale

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Matt Asay
Aug 16, 2007

“I normally wouldn’t cover a Red Hat customer acquisition–after
all, the company earns more than 10,000 new customers every
quarter. It’s just not news when it adds a new one, even a big one
like Swisscom IT Services, as announced today.

“But the Swisscom deal is significant, and not because of Linux.
In fact, Swisscom IT Services already had a comprehensive Linux
solution in place. Indeed, buying Linux is now such a no-brainer
decision that reporting on Linux adoption is like reporting on
someone buying furniture. You might decide to change the store from
which you buy it, but you’re not going to stop buying it. Everyone
needs furniture…”

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