As CEO, I had to get out in front and lead my people, |
As CEO, I had to get out in front and lead my people. I put the onus back on the CEO. |
At Red Hat, we believe that open source technology can change the world, and is still in its infancy. It's a guiding principle that is embodied in everything we do. Beyond a founding corporate sponsorship, we've put engineering and other strategic resources behind the One Laptop per Child initiative to add our expertise, global reach and focus to the project. |
Hal is an talented chief financial officer who has made valuable contributions to the company, and we wish him well in the future, |
It is at Red Hat's very core to help unlock the power of open source and open communities. |
It was inevitable that open source software was going to challenge the economics of (software) infrastructure and continue to move up to the application level, whether it's Red Hat or other firms. |
Red Hat expanded its sources of revenue by introducing strategic solutions to our global customers, which contributed to our strong operating results. Our management team has continued to accomplish the operational and financial goals stated a year ago. |
seeing increasing evidence that open-source software, with its advantages ... will (eventually) dominate core IT infrastructure in the way it dominates Web server software now. |
The past year has seen an accelerating pace of development that signals wide customer acceptance of open source software and Linux into mainstream computing. This agreement is perhaps one of the most significant developments so far. IBM is the gold standard for computing. |
The US automotive industry is a good case study, in comparison to the state of the domestic US software industry. |
We have made a significant investment in the work of JONAS and I expect that to continue. |
We've made a significant investment in Jonas and we expect that to continue. |
What you are seeing is deeper penetration into large, existing accounts and certainly the continued growth into net new markets like small to medium-sized businesses. |