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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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  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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  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.