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Red Hat seeks NYSE listing

November 18, 2006 Open-source software company Red Hat, now trading on the NASDAQ, has applied to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange. TAGS: New York Stock Exchange, Red Hat Inc., open-source software, software company, open source

Open-source support firm grabs $4 million in VC

March 17, 2005 OpenLogic, which seeks to simplify development of applications that use open-source software, completes Series A investment round. TAGS: open-source software, open source, Red Hat Inc.

Red Hat ponders new JBoss strategy

November 17, 2006 Company considers splitting JBoss into free and subscription versions, as with Red Hat's Linux strategy. TAGS: JBoss, Red Hat Inc., middleware, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, server software, open-source software, server

Could Red Hat lose JBoss founder?

January 4, 2007 On paternity leave from Red Hat, Marc Fleury says he's been "experiencing diminishing returns" at the company that acquired his start-up. TAGS: JBoss, Red Hat Inc., founder, open-source software, Linux, e-mail

A Microsoft-Red Hat warming trend?

May 10, 2005 CEOs Steve Ballmer and Matthew Szulik met for a meal recently, sources say. How's Microsoft feeling about open source these days? TAGS: Red Hat Inc., open source, GPL, antitrust, source code, Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, open-source software, New York, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, CEO

Red Hat bands with open-source allies

March 14, 2007 The Linux leader will sell partners' open-source software, sharing revenue and fueling competition with proprietary rivals. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., open source, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Corp., open-source software, MySQL, leadership, exchange, executive vice president, Linux, software company, IBM Corp.

Red Hat CEO urges rejection of lock-ins

October 27, 2005 Matthew Szulik says computing customers increasingly are rejecting proprietary products that lock them to a particular supplier. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., open-source software, open source, messaging, Linux, IBM Corp., CEO, server, Microsoft Corp.

Sun criticizes popular open-source license

April 6, 2005 Sun Microsystems President Jonathan Schwartz applauds the open-source software realm but takes jabs at the GPL. TAGS: Jonathan Schwartz, GPL, open-source software, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, obligation, Sun Solaris, intellectual property, source code, Java, project, nation, Red Hat Inc., president, Linux, IBM Corp.

Google throws bodies at OpenOffice

October 31, 2005 With rival Microsoft in mind, the search giant will hire people to work on the open-source software suite. TAGS: OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, open-source software, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Google Inc., programmer, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Red Hat project brings open-source to digital media

June 1, 2006 Mugshot project adds "live social experiences," such as sharing music, to desktop apps and exposes non-developers to open source. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., digital media, open source, open-source software, radar, entertainment, blog, Linux

Dell: Red Hat needs to lower prices

December 8, 2004 Dell executive says Linux seller is risking losing customers to free versions of the open-source operating system. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Sun Solaris, Novell Inc., Linux seller, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris 10, Dell, open-source software, open source, Linux, operating system, server, Microsoft Corp.

Red Hat sued over JBoss technology

June 30, 2006 Company gets hit by a patent lawsuit related to JBoss, just weeks after completing its purchase of the open-source software company. TAGS: JBoss, Red Hat Inc., open-source software company, RDBMS, object-oriented, open source, open-source software, patent, Texas, Sun Microsystems Inc., complaint, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., software company, database

Red Hat looks under Linux's hood

November 1, 2005 Trying to take a more active role in open-source programming, Red Hat is expanding its R&D efforts on the operating system. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Xen, open source, Linux, virtual machine, programmer, Novell Inc., open-source software, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents

May 14, 2007 Top Microsoft lawyer alleges in a magazine interview that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents. TAGS: patent, open source, open-source software, OpenOffice.org, Linux, Linux kernel, Steve Ballmer, Novell Inc., intellectual property, Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., lawyer, article

Red Hat revenue up, profit down

March 29, 2007 Rising expenses--including the JBoss acquisition--cut into Linux seller's revenue; net income drops 25 percent. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., JBoss, net income, Linux seller, Oracle Corp., acquisition, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, server software, expense, open-source software, Linux, Yahoo! Inc., training, server, open source

Red Hat: Fedora will engage customers

February 19, 2005 Firm says it snubbed early adopters when it shifted attention to business-focused version of Linux. It hopes to make amends with Fedora. TAGS: Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Intel Itanium, programmer, open-source software, Boston, Linux, open source, Intel

Red Hat's next Linux due before March

December 28, 2006 Company plans to ship its next major version of the operating system on February 28, two months after its earlier deadline. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Xen, virtualization, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, JBoss, deadline, VMware, Intel x86, Novell Inc., Linux, open-source software, Oracle Corp., server, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Red Hat couches Microsoft-Novell pact as a Linux win

November 3, 2006 As the software maker endures a tough week, open-source experts question whether the deal would violate the GPL. TAGS: Novell Inc., GPL, Red Hat Inc., Bruce Perens, Linux, alliance, open source, open-source software, SCO Group Inc., agreement, founder, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Red Hat and JBoss: No turning back for open source

April 10, 2006 Red Hat's $350 million purchase of JBoss speeds up the collision between the once closed-off open-source world and entrenched software heavyweights. TAGS: JBoss, Red Hat Inc., ecosystem, BEA Systems Inc., open source, open-source company, acquisition, middleware, open-source software, Novell Inc., Oracle Corp., Linux, IBM Corp., CEO, Java

Year in review: Linux on the hot seat

December 16, 2004 SCO fell out of the limelight, but its legal actions triggered efforts to wrestle with open-source intellectual-property issues. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., open-source software, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Novell Inc., GPL, intellectual property, open source, Unix, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, IBM Corp., programming, Java, Firefox, Web browser
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