With US$2b revenue, why does Red Hat need the NSA's money? | Linux Today

With US$2b revenue, why does Red Hat need the NSA’s money?

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Sam Varghese
Apr 1, 2016

Red Hat recently became the first open source company to cross the US$2 billion mark in annual revenue. Presumably, this means that the company will no longer have to depend on clients like the NSA for income.

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Sam Varghese

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