Red Hat has been hit by a patent lawsuit related to JBoss, just weeks after completing its purchase of the open-source software company.
In an effort to increase revenue from its JBoss server software, Red Hat is contemplating splitting the product into two versions -- a free, unsupported product and a subscription-based supported one.
Linux distributor Red Hat said on Monday that it has signed an agreement to buy open-source company JBoss for at least US$350 million, a move that expands Red Hat's product line and adds to its growth potential.
Red Hat announced on Wednesday that it has reached a settlement with Firestar Software and DataTern over a patent infringement lawsuit.
A visiting Red Hat executive has said that wariness on the part of a number of government CIOs over adopting open source is not a reflection of Australia's tech savvy, but the result of a "lack of understanding" of the software and its community.
Marc Fleury wants Red Hat to change its ways.
Red Hat's new chief executive officer, Jim Whitehurst, talks about the Linux maker in an extensive interview with ZDNet Australia sister site CNet News.
As right-hand man to Red Hat's chief executive Matthew Szulik, Alex Pinchev has access to a lot of the strategic insights afforded to his boss, but is unencumbered by the diplomatic restraints placed on the chief executive. He speaks his mind.
To move ahead, big software companies are reaching back to a familiar strategy: offering customers a soup-to-nuts "stack" of software products.
Open-source software is starting to expand into the big-ticket infrastructure-software market dominated by Microsoft and others.
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