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Red Hat CEO: Vista marks end of ‘planned software’

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Jim Whitehurst has claimed the proprietary software-development model is coming to an end, as open source better meets customer needs Big software releases like Windows Vista mark the end of “planned software” for the industry, according to Red Hat chief executive Jim Whitehurst. Speaking at a…
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Red Hat CEO: Money crisis will boost open source

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

The global financial crisis will cause more companies to consider open-source software as an option, according to Red Hat chief executive Jim Whitehurst. Sydney, Australia–The global economic crisis will provide a boost for open-source software, Red Hat chief executive Jim Whitehurst claimed during a visit to Sydney….
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0 comments | Sydney, Open-source Software, Alex Serpo ZDNet Australia, Jim Whitehurst, financial crisis, Financial, Open source, CEO, Red Hat Inc., Red Hat, Software |

Red Hat: Virtualization will be free

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Setting out the roles of the two hypervisors it is working on, Red Hat has predicted virtualization will be included in all operating systems for free Red Hat has predicted that virtualization will be included in all operating systems for free, while setting out the roles of…
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