Red Hat is the leader in development, deployment, and management of Linux and open source solutions for Internet infrastructure--ranging from embedded devices to secure web servers.
Red Hat was founded by visionary entrepreneurs Bob Young and [Marc Ewing]?. Open source is the foundation of their [business model]?. It represents a fundamental shift in how software is created. The code that makes up the software is available to anyone. Developers who use the software are free to improve the software. Even competitors like Microsoft admit that the result is rapid innovation (cf. [Halloween documents]?).
Red Hat solutions combine Red Hat Linux, developer and Embedded Technologies, training, management services, technical support. Red Hat delivers this open source innovation to their customers via an Internet platform called [Red Hat Network]?.
On August 11, 1999, the company completed its [Initial Public Offering]? of six million shares of common stock at a price of $14/share on the US NASDAQ. Its stock ticker is RHAT. Its site may be found at http://www.redhat.com
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