Living on open source

Caldera Systems releases a new version of OpenLinux and mulls an IPO, while Red Hat busies itself with a beta, a Gateway deal, and plans for future expansion.

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Jan. 2, 2002 4:43 p.m. PT

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Caldera Systems releases a new version of OpenLinux and mulls an IPO, while Red Hat busies itself with a beta, a Gateway deal, and plans for future expansion.

" Microsoft is the competitor, not [Linux rivals] SuSE and Caldera Systems and TurboLinux."

- Marc Ewing, Red Hat founder and CTO

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