Red Hat has launched its Red Hat Exchange, a site where customers can buy a range of open-source applications from the company's business partners.
Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison announced the company's first prominent Linux customer Tuesday: Yahoo. But Red Hat hasn't been pushed aside at the Internet company.
Open-source fans--historically opposed to Microsoft--appear fond of its Internet strategy. ven as Microsoft touts the open availability of the underpinnings of its .Net initiative, open-source advocates are working to make sure .Net isn't a Microsoft-only technology.
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Red Hat, planning a new expansion beyond its core Linux operating system business, will launch a service later this year called the Red Hat Exchange to sell partners' open-source software.
OpenGroupware.org has been launched with plans to create applications that compete with Microsoft Exchange server products.
OpenGroupware.org has been launched with plans to create applications that compete with Microsoft Exchange server products.
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A deal cinched Wednesday could help Microsoft tackle a long-standing problem: How to sell new software to customers reluctant to give up a 7-year-old version of Windows.
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