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Red Hat Acquires Netscape Server Products

Posted by michael on from the fire-sale dept.

KrisWithAK writes "According to a press release, Red Hat is acquiring parts of the Netscape Enterprise Suite including the directory server and certificate management system. I am definitely looking forward to more open source competition with OpenLDAP!"

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  1. Re:Looks like a good fit. by Plake · · Score: 5, Informative

    Developers from Netscape started LDAP. From the looks of the Directory Server it does.

    Here's the feature guide for Directory Server 6.21.

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  2. Re:Ease of LDAP. by LnxAddct · · Score: 5, Informative

    Then this is definitly for you. Red Hat, as with all things, will open source this. A lot of people say bad things about Red Hat, but they do alot for the community, they just don't try to take the spotlight. I mean how cool is their patent policy? Any patent they get ( which is always for defensive purposes) can be used by any free software project without worries.
    Regards,
    Steve