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Red Hat overhauls flagship Linux

Daniel Fleshbourne   on 22 October 2003 - 10:10 · 8 comments & 1293 views

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Dominant Linux seller Red Hat will begin offering the newest incarnation of its product for business customers on Wednesday, a version that opens several new markets for the company. Version number notwithstanding, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 is the company's second edition of Linux specially designed for corporate users that prize stability. The company says that the new version of the operating system runs Java software and databases faster, can run on mainframes and several other new machines, takes advantage of powerful 32-processor hardware and comes with better programming tools.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or RHEL, has been a key product for the company, which has spent years trying to turn a profit by selling branded versions of an operating system whose components are available for free on the Internet. Red Hat sells RHEL as an annual subscription that includes the software, support and bug fixes, and the software has boosted the company's fortunes.

"It's made them profitable. It's a dramatic change," said C.E. Unterberg, Towbin analyst Katherine Egbert. Although Red Hat's drawn-out subscription payment plan precludes a sudden increase in revenue, Egbert expects the company will garner more sales through partners such as IBM, Dell and Hewlett-Packard.

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(1 reply) #1 Jason on 22 Oct 2003 - 11:51
People complain Microsoft used to upgrade their OS to quick Linux companies seem to do it a few times a year
#1.1 CooCooCaChoo on 22 Oct 2003 - 12:34
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People complain Microsoft used to upgrade their OS to quick Linux companies seem to do it a few times a year

Considering that that last release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux was released between 18months to 2 years ago, I really don't understand what on earth you are going on about. Red Hat Enterprise Linux has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FREEBIE DOWNLOAD VERSION! READ AND REPEAT.
(1 reply) #2 Avicus on 22 Oct 2003 - 13:26
I think you're the only one who complains about such matters....
#2.1 CooCooCaChoo on 22 Oct 2003 - 14:08
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I think you're the only one who complains about such matters....

True. How about FreeBSD, a new .x release is done every 3-4months. Of course, the smart ones will either download it or buy a subscription for around $100.
#3 radixvir on 22 Oct 2003 - 14:19
i hate when redhat backports stuff. now they are going to have to deal with a (another) custom version of the linux kernel. 2.6 was only a few months off, why couldnt they just wait for the new threading?
(2 replies) #4 Chicane-UK on 22 Oct 2003 - 18:05
Wouldn't mind getting my hands on RHEL to play around with but its just a weeee bit too expensive to justify unfortunately.

Though the standard 'workstation' edition runs pretty well on server level hardware, and has been running at work for a year and a half straight with just me checking in from time to time to run patches
#4.1 iUk on 23 Oct 2003 - 14:35
Wait...

I thought Linux was free. Odd...
#4.2 Rambo2000 on 23 Oct 2003 - 19:34
It is free, but it's not free for support, but Linux is free to use and you don't need to pay anything if you don't want any help on setting it up or you know how to set it up and use it.

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