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Red Hat patent app sparks open source lockdown fears
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A recently uncovered Red Hat patent application for dynamic message routing on XML has some open-source advocates theorizing the company has quietly forsaken its promise to claim Linux IP only for defensive purposes.
Conspiracies are bubbling out of Slashdot and other sites over a 2007 Red Hat patent application for a “method and apparatus [...]
Interviews: Red Hat on Misconceptions, Realities of Open Source Middleware
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Red Hat’s middleware division, JBoss, recently held a virtual conference to announce several product updates, including a new version of JBoss Portal Platform. It also unveiled plans to create a new open source community project focused on enterprise-class middleware migrations. Craig Muzilla, vice president of JBoss, discussed these announcement and the issue of [...]
Part two: Are open source vendors more capital efficient?
In my previous post, I compared Red Hat’s financials to Microsoft’s results to test whether open source vendors are more capital efficient than commercial vendors. I was not able to conclude that they are.
However, Zack suggested:
I’m not sure this is a fair comparison. Microsoft’s scale is several orders of magnitude larger [...]
Open Source, the Recession and the Lower-TCO Promise
As the global economic crisis deepens, companies are considering options they might once have rejected out of hand in order to cut costs. Open source vendors have long waved the lower-TCO banner, and the recession seems to fueling business in the sector. It’s not quite clear, though, whether a switch to open source will result [...]
Red Hat & Microsoft Temporarily Cage Their Fire-Breathing Dragons
Red Hat and Microsoft, about as virulent a pair of enemies as has ever existed, threw a leash over their fire-breathing dragons long enough on Monday to announce a cooperative pact forced on them by their mutual users – folks who may be holding back from committing to virtualization ahead of a truce.
The companies say [...]
Management lessons from Red Hat’s CEO
As the former COO at Delta Air Lines during its bankruptcy proceedings, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst knows something about making tough choices in the executive chair. His voice is worth hearing as we continue to swim through one of the worst economic economic crises in the history of the United States.
In an interview with [...]
Red Hat’s Open Source Software of Value in These Recessionary Times
With the current recessionary environment, perhaps it’s not such a bad time to take a look at investing in penguins and fedoras. When I say penguins, I mean Tux, the official mascot of the Linux kernel and when I say fedoras, I mean Red Hat (RHT), the Raleigh, NC-based provider of open source enterprise solutions.
Red [...]
Open source: a different approach to developing software
It seems like a bit of a mystery how open source software ever sees the light of day. The idea of a large number of people working for glory and the greater good rather than recompense seems too idealistic to be true.
In the early days this is exactly what happened, but now commercial companies have [...]
Red Hat’s open source model thriving in downturn
While some might argue that it’s too early to call, Red Hat’s open source model seems to be paying dividends despite the soft economic climate. Could penny-pinching managers looking for cheap solutions be a boon to the open source industry?
Red Hats revenue grew 22 percent to $165.3 million in the third quarter over the same [...]
The Financial Crisis Cries for More Open Source
In the last major economic downturn, Linux established itself as a widely-accepted enterprise operating system, benefiting a lively ecosystem of vendors such as Red Hat and Novell. The return of tough economic times puts the open source alternative again front and center, this time with focus on databases and higher-level software applications.
I believe we’ve entered [...]