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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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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