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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.

    1. 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

  2. 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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  3. 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.

  4. Re:are they gonna open source it? by LnxAddct · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Everything Red Hat has, does, or buys becomes open source. This is equally true for their patents (which are aquired for defensive reasons). Here is their patent policy. In short, it states that any patents they hold may be used by any free software project without fear of any infringement.
    Regards,
    Steve

  5. Re:That's still around? by LnxAddct · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you've ever had to use openLDAP then you will never be happier once RH releases this. The features are limitless, but two things off the top of my head are that it has a significant improvement as far as speed and system resources go, and also it has good, advanced replication. It's easy to use and just an all around good architecture. Try it out when its released, it will speak for itself. Personally, I'm more interested in the Certificate Server.
    Regards,
    Steve