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Is Red Hat ready to overtake Sun?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 1 comment
Tectonic; By Alastair Otter 		Mail this story
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One of the intriguing battles I have been watching over the past couple of months is a silent battle between Sun Microsystems and Red Hat. I say silent because it is being played out deep inside the New York Stock Exchange and, unless you're actively watching, you'll have missed the tussle. At the same time it is an fascinating battle that represents many things: the old versus the new, Linux versus Unix and investor sentiment.

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caitlyn ·
Certainly more Red Hat severs are being sold to enterprises than Sun servers. Sun has more revenue because they sell hardware including some pretty big iron. Red Hat is also profitable quarter after quarter, year after year. Sun loses money more often than not. So... Wall Street's judgment in this one case may actually be the right one.

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