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Red Hat Sales Surge

Posted by Zonk on from the stylish-chapeus dept.

head_dunce writes "Red Hat has reported earnings from its third quarter, and it did quite a bit better than expected. Even with the movement within the business by Oracle and SuSE/Microsoft, Red Hat came out quite a bit ahead. TheStreet.com reports on the company's $29.6 Million dollars windfall, and some of the tough times the company has had in the past year. From the article: 'CFO Charlie Peters said on a conference call with analysts that the company is "cautiously optimistic that competitive efforts by some of the largest technology companies in the world are actually expanding our opportunity."'"

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  1. Make up your mind by ArcherB · · Score: 4, Funny

    Has the Desktop Linux Bubble Burst? Now this?

    Well which one is it?

    The weekend is coming and I need to know what to believe!

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  2. not surprised by theMerovingian · · Score: 5, Funny


    I hear membership is booming.

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    1. Re:not surprised by bubulubugoth · · Score: 2, Funny

      Never heard of Red Hat society...

      Followed the link, and a nice and informative surprise.

      I think my mom will care more about Red Hats from now.

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  3. Are we still angry with them? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't remember what the slashbot stance was on RH??

    1. Re:Are we still angry with them? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

      You're two episodes behind. It was SCO, now it's Novell. You gotta stay focused man!

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    2. Re:Are we still angry with them? by spun · · Score: 2, Funny

      What we need is some clear cut way of knowing who to hate at the moment. It wouldn't take long, probably not more than two minutes...

      [KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK]

      Yes?

      Who we hate at the moment? I didn't mean that! I know we've always hated Novel, let me go! I'm a loyal Slashbot, I tell you!

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    3. Re:Are we still angry with them? by rawtatoor · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why is using redhat users as beta testers bad? Redhat makes its money off of companies and the fanboys get redhat for free, plus they get to take part in development.

      However, RPM is wronger than nuns in a tampon commercial.

  4. Must be all the Santas by DrLZRDMN · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean think about it folks, Christmas is but a few days away and sales of "red hat" are surging.