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发信人: reden (On the way!), 信区: Linux
标  题: IBM, Compaq, Novell和 Oracle入股Redhat
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Fri Mar 12 11:14:39 1999)

IBM, Compaq Computer, Novell, and Oracle have taken minority equity stakes

in Red Hat, the company said. Terms of the investments were not disclosed.


Intel and Netscape Communications already have equity investments in Red

Hat. Just last month, IBM said it would begin shipping its Netfinity

servers with the Red Hat's Linux operating system.


Linux has been growing in popularity as an operating system, and now with

an investment deluge from large technology companies, Red Hat is becoming a

clear leader in the Linux commercial market. The other large Linux

distributors include Caldera Systems, which has a strong presence among

server resellers; SuSE, a company that is strong in Europe; and Pacific

Hi-Tech, which dominates in Japan and China.


Although Linux can obtained for free or for relatively low cost, proponents

consider the operating system a good choice for other reasons, such as its


reliability and the fact that it can be customized. Programmers are free to

modify the Linux "source code"--the underlying blueprints of the operating

system--to tailor Linux for specific tasks.
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