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Red Hat

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Red Hat, Inc. is a company dedicated to free and open source software, and a major Linux distribution vendor.

The company is best known for its enterprise operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and more recently through the acquisition of open source enterprise middleware vendor JBoss. Red Hat provides operating system platforms along with middleware, applications, and management solutions, as well as support, training, and consulting services.

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  Red Hat acquired Qumranet for $107M. (9/4/08)
  Posted 10/7/08 at 4:54pm
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  Red Hat invested in Black Duck Software. (1/6/05)
  Posted 2/9/09 at 12:25pm
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  Red Hat invested in Black Duck Software. (7/26/04)
  Posted 9/24/08 at 8:47pm
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  Red Hat added Mark De Visser as VP of Marketing.
  Posted 7/15/08 at 1:56pm
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  Red Hat added Christopher Blizzard as Lead Developer for OLPC Project.
  Posted 8/21/08 at 12:32pm

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1. Red Hat Advances Virtualization Leadership with Qumranet, Inc. Acquisition (redhat.com) [edit]
2. Black Duck Software Secures $12M in Series B Financing Led By Ventures (intel.com) [edit]
3. Black Duck swimming in $5M round (boston.bizjournals.com) [edit]