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Red Hat In Business News

Posted by Hemos on from the work-to-reverse-the-slide dept.

jferg was one of the first people to write about the coverage in today's Observer in regards to the latest business happenings at Red Hat. The article touches on the launch of RH Advanced Server, but one of the most telling statistics was "Red Hat now has 90 percent of its 630 employees working to lure corporations looking to move their computing platform from expensive systems running on the rival Unix operating system to Linux, widely considered to be the more cost-effective choice."

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  1. Re:If 90% are for marketting. by Indras · · Score: 5, Funny

    Certainly better than Microsoft, which is 90% lawyers.

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  2. RH Advanced Server? by fleegle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't that just the regular distro without all the man pages and howtos?

  3. in short by WildBeast · · Score: 4, Funny

    RedHat's staff :
    90% marketing
    09% coding
    01% managing

    You can make fun all you want. But I think that's the way to go.

  4. 90%? Do they have developers working the phones? by ilumits · · Score: 2, Funny

    Code Monkey: "Hello, I am calling to speak to you about the infinite possibilities Red Hat Linux offers your company."

    IT Manager: "Oh? What are they?"

    Code Monkey: "RTFM!"

    *click*

  5. Re:Not here at my company... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2, Funny


    > While for you free online support is good (and often better than tech monkies) it may not be the best for your company. If you get hit by a bus what is the likelyhood of them being able to drop in a replacement with comperable knowledge and skill?

    If you get hit by a bus, do you really care what happens to your company afterward?

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