ZDNet has the story: “Red Hat is warming to the use of the Linux operating system on desktop computers, a difficult market where customers are picky and Microsoft is the leader.
Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat, the leading seller of Linux, gets the vast majority of its revenue from the use of its product in servers — more powerful networked computers typically run by technically proficient administrators. But cost and security issues with Microsoft’s software, combined with the arrival of the Mozilla Web browser, have triggered Red Hat’s interest in a desktop Linux, Chief Executive Matthew Szulik said in an interview with ZDNet.” Welcome aboard, Red Hat.
Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat, the leading seller of Linux, gets the vast majority of its revenue from the use of its product in servers — more powerful networked computers typically run by technically proficient administrators. But cost and security issues with Microsoft’s software, combined with the arrival of the Mozilla Web browser, have triggered Red Hat’s interest in a desktop Linux, Chief Executive Matthew Szulik said in an interview with ZDNet.” Welcome aboard, Red Hat.
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