Red Hat
Red Hat, Inc. është një kompani amerikane shumëkombëshe programesh kompjuterike me fokus teknollogjitë me burim të hapur. Shërbimi më i njohur i kompanisë është Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Red Hat is a software company that combines open source Linux operating system components with related programs into a distribution package that customers can order.
The Red Hat business model is based on an open source ecosystem, where collaborative development occurs within a community of professionals focused on providing quality assurance, testing and customer support.
Red Hat offers a variety of open source software that DevOps engineers and businesses use. These include operating system platforms, storage, middleware, management products, as well as training, support and consulting services.
Currently, Dell, IBM and Oracle support the Red Hat platform and open source community of applications.
The history of Red Hat
Red Hat was one of the first companies to realize that free software could be sold as a product.
After examining the successful marketing campaign of Evian water, Red Hat executives concluded that to be successful, the company had to create more Linux users and brand Red Hat as the Linux name that customers preferred.
Today, the "Red Hat Plan" is often discussed in business schools as a model for making customer support a company's primary product.
Historiku
Themeluar në vitin 1993, Red Hat ka selinë në Raleigh, North Carolina, si dhe zyra të tjera më të vogla në mbarë botën.
Red Hat dhe softuer i lirë
Red Hat krijon, mban, dhe kontribuon në shumë projekte të softuerit të lirë dhe të hapur. Që nga marsi 2016, Red Hat është kontribuesi më i madh korporatave të kernel Linux pas kompanisë Intel. Kompania gjithashtu është e njohur për mbështetjen e komuniteteve që promovojnë teknollogjitë me burim të hapur (open source).