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Red Hat, IBM Partner to Certify Apps for Linux

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the agreed-upon-standards dept.

robyannetta writes "British tech site Microscope has an interesting article talking about how Red Hat and IBM will join forces to help software suppliers certify their applications for Linux. The program is designed to make it easier for suppliers to migrate their software to Linux, and will also give IBM and Red Hat a boost by enlarging the pool of applications certified to run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux with IBM hardware and middleware. Yet another example of creative business foresight that keeps both Red Hat and IBM in the black."

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  1. Re:RedHat vs Novell Suse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you looked at Red Hat's initial funders (when they started and were publically available), IBM has a HUGE stake in Red Hat. That was one of the reasons I bought the stock. You can't go wrong with IBM and anyone who they have interest in.

    Also Oracle has a HUGE stake in Red Hat (which explains why they are gaining popularity in "mission critical" organizations).

    I also like how Red Hat doesn't play games. They always think it through with logic and reason, rather than just blowing smoke.

  2. Re:RedHat vs Novell Suse by Ravnen · · Score: 5, Interesting
    IBM want to develop the market in such a way that the value is server applications, and especially services, where IBM are strong, rather than in operating systems or commodity hardware, where IBM have long been hopelessly behind Microsoft, Dell et al.

    Partnering with multiple Linux vendors will help prevent any one becoming dominant in the market. This, in turn, will prevent the Linux vendors adding too much value to the operating system, which, in IBM's view, should be a commodity layer for running IBM server applications, supported by IBM services.

  3. Re:Who are they? by LnxAddct · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Moral: We need apps to be certified on linux in order to be taken seriously. This requires the market leader to step foward and provide this, any other smaller player just wouldn't be taken seriosuly.

    Technical: Red Hat has written more of the kernel than any other source. IBM has also donated tons of code. They know and understand the kernel inside out. They also have helped to write many of the major popular open source software packages like Apache. Red Hat hires the most intelligent linux hackers in the world. IBM also has some of the brightest people in the world.

    Authority: Red Hat and IBM are both considered market leaders. They both have billions in market cap. (although IBM's is of course larger). Red Hat is also the company responsible for pushing Linux into the public eye.

    If they don't do it, than who will?
    Regards,
    Steve