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The Register: Red Hat Hates Money, Which Makes It Better than Sun

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 30, 2004

“The reaction to our story on the failings of Red Hat’s Michael
Tiemann’s blog attack against Sun’s President Jonathan Schwartz was
as to be expected. In one corner, Linux zealots called us out for
being Sun shills and the evil oppressors of all that is
good–namely Richard Stallman. Across the ring, a new flock of Red
Hat skeptics charged that Tiemann is foolishly assuming to speak
for the open source community at large when he is actually but a
lone voice.

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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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