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Red Hat: Four Times Novell’s Open Source Revenue?
When Red Hat announced first quarter results on June 24, The VAR Guy spotted a rather interesting detail: Red Hat’s quarterly open source revenues are nearly four times larger than its closest Linux rival, Novell. Next, can you guess who’s growing faster in the open source market? Here’s the math, and the potential implications.
Few people realize it, but a certain software company has generated $136 million in Linux-oriented sales during the past four quarters. Plus, the mystery company’s Linux sales essentially doubled in 2Q 2009 vs. 2Q 2007. Impressive. So why isn’t this mystery company a Wall Street darling? Here’s the scoop from The VAR Guy.
