ZDNet UK: Red Hat: Walking the Linux Tightrope | Linux Today

ZDNet UK: Red Hat: Walking the Linux Tightrope

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 21, 2004

“Making money from open source is a balancing act.

“While your underlying product is forged in the white-hot fires
of online altruism, the success of your business means striking
pleasing postures for the investment community.

“As the largest stand-alone Linux distribution, Red Hat has had
to perfect this balancing act the hard way…”


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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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