Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT)

koenne2000 (< 20) Submitted: 10/6/2006 7:35:02 AM : Start Price: $21.88 RHT Score: +134.11

Good business, good sector, already corrected

OgreActive (93.81) Submitted: 10/3/2006 1:25:33 AM : Start Price: $20.60 RHT Score: +147.35

Badly beaten up. I think an over-reaction. As an Ubuntu user, I'm overly-biased toward linux and have been waiting for Redhat to get cheaper. While expect things to get worse before getting better, I think linux is a long-term here-to-stay platform.

R1G1 (69.70) Submitted: 9/28/2006 11:43:05 PM : Start Price: $20.73 RHT Score: +146.46

Forbes recently featured an article about the coming "Cheap Revolution". The article says were entering a fourth wave of downward cost reductions brought on by new faster chips, and open source software that performs faster then Suns proprietary designs.

fsc137 (98.33) Submitted: 9/28/2006 7:52:01 PM : Start Price: $20.29 RHT Score: +151.89

Great company, beaten down.

Khorshid (90.07) Submitted: 9/27/2006 2:55:38 PM : Start Price: $20.89 RHT Score: +144.26

The best in breed. Redhat will come back from this big hit in their stock price.

Redhottrader (28.42) Submitted: 9/27/2006 4:20:49 AM : Start Price: $20.89 RHT Score: -144.26

Earning shortfall.Insiders getting rich on options at expense of stockholders.

lwzmovie (< 20) Submitted: 9/19/2006 2:57:56 PM : Start Price: $24.45 RHT Score: +106.93

LINUX server is the trend and RHAT is leadign the game.

KC0AYG (< 20) Submitted: 9/17/2006 11:59:20 PM : Start Price: $23.67 RHT Score: +113.66

Redhat is the biggest player in enterprise Linux server software. They have a solid product and are gaining ground on the major competition, Microsoft.

Taguchi (< 20) Submitted: 9/16/2006 1:20:06 AM : Start Price: $23.67 RHT Score: +113.66

RHAT has consistantly out-preformed the S&P 500, and has drive and incentive to do so again

Gusty100 (< 20) Submitted: 8/28/2006 3:20:06 AM : Start Price: $24.90 RHT Score: +100.59

Many companies are tired of dealing with Microsoft and its software products. This has lead to a growing trend toward Lunix open source software which has benefited RHAT. RHAT is profitable and has a favorable EPS trend. Average analyst estimate 60 days ago was $.40/shr for the current fiscal year. The current estimate has gone up to $.49/shr. A similar trend exists for the next fiscal year - EPS estimate 60 days ago was $.55/shr. The current estimate is $.67/shr. This is a very good indicator that business is good and improving at RHAT. EPS estimates noted above come from Yahoo finance.... http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ae?s=RHAT

Montana27 (< 20) Submitted: 8/26/2006 1:46:13 AM : Start Price: $24.90 RHT Score: +100.59

I just think Linux is good stuff and Red Hat does Linux as well as anyone right now.

GrilledPepper (51.92) Submitted: 8/25/2006 5:05:31 PM : Start Price: $25.24 RHT Score: -97.61

Currently number 1 Linux company but doesn't have what it takes to stay on top. Only have one product compared to Novell's suite.

tball724 (41.38) Submitted: 8/23/2006 10:42:00 PM : Start Price: $25.50 RHT Score: -96.02

Yes, Red Hat is making money selling services and training, but the big boys (IBM, HP, Sun) are slowly getting their act together here, too. They can also offer something Red Hat can't: indemnification from patent lawsuits. That will become increasingly important as more Fortune 1000 Linux deployments finally roll out. Perceived quality of training is also an issue; certified developers and administrators are increasingly finding the need to have a Linux distribution-neutral certification when job-hunting. This will hurt Red Hat's substantial training revenue.

WildManMac (87.94) Submitted: 8/23/2006 4:48:59 PM : Start Price: $25.12 RHT Score: +98.73

Red Hat has began to solidify its strategy to offer Linux as a solid choice to replace MS Windows. It is clearly ahead of Novell in the race to create a solid performing non-windows based platform.

4ml9kochb (68.31) Submitted: 8/23/2006 2:20:52 AM : Start Price: $25.44 RHT Score: +96.61

Buy and Hold. Linux will continue to grow. Red Hat has brand name.

Haydn (93.87) Submitted: 7/11/2006 11:05:32 PM : Start Price: $21.88 RHT Score: +127.32

Red Hat is the leading provider of Linux, and they are much more popular than any of their competitors. The closest competitor is probably Suse.

Red Hat Linux is also the most widely supported Linux distribution for use with proprietary software, like Oracle, etc.

Their business model is simple: they make money from providing a unique and high quality Linux distribution, along with timely and easy to apply updates, and consulting and other support.