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Red Hat, Inc. (RHT)
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The Company provides open source software solutions to the enterprise, including its core enterprise operating system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite and other Red Hat enterprise technologies.
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The hype about Linux is going away. As Linux is moving away from a niche solution and becomes fully capable operating system the issues traditionally associated with Microsoft Windows begin to creep in. Instability, lack of centralized management and monitoring all begin to play bigger part.
Much of Windows' instability comes from deep-seated architectural issues and inseparability of its various components. (The changes in Windows 7 do not fully address these problems.) Given that the functional pieces of Linux are easily separated to minimize unwanted interactions, score one for Linux. Furthermore, there are many existing management and monitoring solutions for Linux systems, and as the trend toward virtualization increases, any remaining gap gets easier, not harder, to close.In the absence of a better solution, Windows worked well for two decades. However, vendor lock-in is no longer an acceptable or affordable solution for knowledgeable CxO's; those looking beyond the next yearly budget are already moving to open platforms and Linux is their main enabler. Look for this trend to continue as the US government takes front and center position in trumpeting the need for open, unencumbered, and extensible standards solutions.
I stand by my opinion.Vast majority of the architectural issues present in windows, are present in linux as well. Lack of organized, cohesive OS services, however, is a major drag on OS deployment to any environment other than academia.
Have you by any chance looked at Red Hat Satellite Server? You want centralized management? That is the best in the biz... period. Want monitoring? Satellite does that as well, but I prefer Zenoss which is also open source and free for the basic services. Stability? I dunno I have worked in environments with well over 4000 Red Hat boxes running mission critical applications. Now what I will say is that I am worried that this stock is overvalued at this time. I currently have it going up, but every day I am debating with myself on this one (I also own it in real cash). So far I am in the black quite nicely on this one, but my biggest fear is too many people are owning it with the prospect of a buyout. If that doesn't happen, then a lot of these people will start jumping ship.