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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. Ease of LDAP. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "I am definitely looking forward to more open source competition with OpenLDAP!"

    I'm looking more for an LDAP that's easy to setup and run.

  2. Increasing Power of Red Hat by ZSmitty · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just two years ago AOL was looking to aquire Red Hat. http://slashdot.org/articles/02/01/19/041215.shtml It's amazing how things have changed. Where AOL once wanted Red Hat to be another Netscape for them, Red Hat is now purchasing parts of Netscape from AOL. Personally, I think its great.