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Can Virtualization Make Red Hat Linux Desktop Pay?

Posted by Sander_Marechal on
eWeek; By Jason Brooks
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Microsoft's dismissive attitude of VDI, or virtual desktop infrastructure, calls to mind Red Hat's stance toward the desktop as a viable Linux commercial offering. Red Hat has said it has yet to figure out how to monetize the Linux desktop as a product, but now seems to be figuring out a way to make the desktop pay while continuing to give it away via the Fedora distribution. With its recent desktop virtualization agreement with Microsoft and other work it's done, Red Hat may soon be offering VDI capabilities.

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