Beginning Red Hat Linux 9 Ebook
Author: Sandip Bhattacharya, Mark Mamone , Kapil Sharma, Deepak Thomas, Simon Whiting, Shishir Gundavaram, Pancrazio De Mauro.
Red
Hat Linux 9 is a powerful, flexible open source operating system. Its
popularity is growing, both in home use and in corporate environments of
all sizes. Its user interface makes it every bit as accessible as other
operating systems, and its open source pedigree opens the doors to a
mind-blowing amount of free software.
Red Hat has become associated to a large extent with its enterprise operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux and with the acquisition of open-source enterprise middleware vendor JBoss.
Red Hat provides operating system platforms, middleware, applications,
management products, and support, training, and consulting services.
Red Hat creates, maintains, and contributes to many free software projects and has also acquired several proprietary software packages and released their source code under mostly GNU GPL while holding copyright under single commercial entity and selling user subscriptions. As of April 2012, Red Hat is the largest corporate contributor to the Linux kernel.
Red Hat, Inc created its subsidiary Red Hat India to deliver Red Hat software, support, and services to customers in India.[Colin Tenwick, vice president and general manager of Red Hat EMEA said that "the opening of [Red Hat India] is in response to the rapid adoption of Red Hat Linux in the subcontinent... Demand for open source solutions from the Indian markets is rising and Red Hat wants to play a major role in this region." Red Hat India has worked with local companies to enable adoption of open source technology in both government[and education.
In 2006 Red Hat India had a distribution network of more than 70 channel partners spanning 27 cities across India. Red Hat India's channel partners included Ashtech Infotech Pvt Ltd, Efensys Technologies, Embee Software, Allied Digital Services, and Softcell Technologies. Distributors included Integra Microsystems, Ingram Micro, GT Enterprises, and Sonata Software.
Red Hat creates, maintains, and contributes to many free software projects and has also acquired several proprietary software packages and released their source code under mostly GNU GPL while holding copyright under single commercial entity and selling user subscriptions. As of April 2012, Red Hat is the largest corporate contributor to the Linux kernel.
Red Hat, Inc created its subsidiary Red Hat India to deliver Red Hat software, support, and services to customers in India.[Colin Tenwick, vice president and general manager of Red Hat EMEA said that "the opening of [Red Hat India] is in response to the rapid adoption of Red Hat Linux in the subcontinent... Demand for open source solutions from the Indian markets is rising and Red Hat wants to play a major role in this region." Red Hat India has worked with local companies to enable adoption of open source technology in both government[and education.
In 2006 Red Hat India had a distribution network of more than 70 channel partners spanning 27 cities across India. Red Hat India's channel partners included Ashtech Infotech Pvt Ltd, Efensys Technologies, Embee Software, Allied Digital Services, and Softcell Technologies. Distributors included Integra Microsystems, Ingram Micro, GT Enterprises, and Sonata Software.
