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[News] Massive H-P Layoffs Could Help Free Software Adoption

  • Subject: [News] Massive H-P Layoffs Could Help Free Software Adoption
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:55:00 +0100
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  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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HP Layoffs: GroundWork Open Source Smells Blood

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| Sometimes, bad or stressful news for one company spells opportunity for 
| another. Consider the situation at GroundWork Open Source, a systems 
| management company that competes with Hewlett-Packard OpenView. Apparently, 
| GroundWork Open Source is looking to capitalize on the layoff news out of HP. 
| Here’s a look.    
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/09/16/hp-layoffs-groundwork-open-source-smells-blood/

Could open source have helped Lehman's technology customers?

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| Computerworld has a very interesting article that reports even as Lehman 
| Brothers was heading toward bankruptcy it invested $309M on technology and 
| communications in the quarter ended Aug. 31. This figure represents a 9.5 
| percent year-to-year increase, which is down from the 18 percent increase, to 
| $1.145 billion, in IT costs for the full year 2007 vs. 2006.    
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2008/09/could_open_sour.html

More enterprises have quietly begun moving to GNU/Linux. They have to.


Recent:

Red Hat CEO: Oracle/BEA Deal is Helping Us

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| Business continues to be good at open source vendor Red Hat despite the
| economic slowdown in the U.S. Part of the good times at Red Hat are the
| result of new product introductions that are helping to grow revenues and
| part comes from the actions of others, in particular Oracle.
|
| During Red Hat's first quarter fiscal 2009 conference call, Red Hat CEO Jim
| Whitehurst outlined his company's financial performance and credited the
| Oracle acquisition of BEA as being a driver for Red Hat's revenue growth.
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http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3755446


Red Hat expects steady growth

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| Red Hat said on a conference call with analysts that it expected continued
| revenue growth, to between $162 million and $164 million, and flat earnings
| in the second quarter.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNewsMolt/idUKN2525917220080626


Red Hat net up slightly, rev climbs 32 pct

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| Revenue rose 32 percent to $156.6 million, the company said. Analysts were
| expecting revenue of about $153.1 million, according to Reuters Estimates.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUKN2525917220080625


No Recession at Red Hat

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| It is flattering to be mentioned, Mr. Whitehurst said, but he noted that
| corporate customers and the industry benefit from what he called Red
| Hat’s “Switzerland status” — not being a province of one of the major powers
| in the technology industry.  
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/no-recession-at-red-hat/
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