Red Hat CEO: The Secret to Open-Source Success is "Iteration"

Some insight into Red Hat's business model, courtesy of a recent interview in India...

"Red Hat CIO Jim Whitehurst was in India recently and gave an informative interview to CyberMedia News. In the interview Whitehurst addresses a range of topics - Microsoft's involvement in ODF, Red Hat's product plans for 2008 and 2009, etc. - but it was his analysis of Red Hat's business model that I found particularly engaging.

"I have always believed Red Hat's value resides in its ability to deliver certified, stable binaries out of a morass of complex, ever-moving open-source software. But Whitehurst gives a different perspective..." [Read more...]