Red Hat Launches 'Customer-Friendly' Linux System

RALEIGH, N.C. (March 15) - Red Hat Inc. has unveiled the latest version
of its Linux operating system as the open-source software company
continues to combat Microsoft 's market-dominating Windows platform.

Developers for the Raleigh-based company touted Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 as more flexible and more manageable than its prior versions, and said
they worked for two years on the product.

"Our customers are an integral part of the development process," said
Paul Cormier, Red Hat's executive vice president for engineering,
echoing the open-source tenet that users be allowed to view and edit the
software's code.

Resoundingly, Cormier said, customers wanted less complexity.

The new operating system supports "virtualization," which Red Hat said
will help companies consolidate their technology workload onto one
server - saving energy, space and money.

"Customers have figured out that they've got rooms full of racks and
servers," said Nick Carr, the marketing director for the operating
system. "They're taking up heat and power and space, but they're only 15
percent loaded. They want to know how they can use what they have more
efficiently."

For desktop computers, Red Hat touted its advances in security to
protect systems from external and internal attacks.

Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft, which recently launched its long-awaited
Windows Vista operating system, still dominates the software market. Red
Hat says Linux can be found in the majority of Fortune 500 companies,
where savvy tech departments have switched to Linux to cut down on
costs.

Along with the new Linux product, Red Hat launched several new service
programs to help companies migrate their data centers to Linux and to
help customers get support for a variety of different open-source
programs.

Red Hat's business model is based around service. Unlike Microsoft's
proprietary software, Red Hat delivers its products for free but makes
money by selling subscription packages for service.

Shares of Red Hat fell 19 cents Wednesday to close at $22.52 on the New
York Stock Exchange.

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Something we have been talking about recently and makes sense to me. I
would be willing to buy a prescription pack to make my life easier, have
more freedom and SIMPLIFY.

Verb

Verb, Thanks for the news!

No sweat message.

I meant to say SUBscription! lol.

Verb

LOL. Thanks Verb for the info. I haven't checked out the newest
versions of Linux Red Hat lately, and haven't had the time or pleasure
to take it for a spin, but Red Hat has always been a great OS.
I do know that I love my Gnu/Linux Mandriva. It is a great OS for power
users and newbies to the OS alike. It is pretty 'user friendly'
considering that you can also load a variety of different GUIs from the
start screen. Even one that has a windows like enviroment, but once you
learn your way around, you will probly be happy with either the KDE or
Gnome interface. This isn't even including the free download update that
turns your whole desktop into a real 3D environment.