Red Hat: Customers are not afraid of Microsoft
Red Hat has had something of a bumpy ride in the last two months. First, Oracle launched a competitive threat to the open-source supplier, then Microsoft inked a deal with Linux distributor Novell. As right-hand man to Red Hat's chief executive Matthew Szulik, Alex Pinchev has access to a lot of the strategic insights afforded to his boss, but is unencumbered by the diplomatic restraints placed on the chief executive. He speaks his mind.
On a recent visit to the UK, Pinchev told ZDNet UK how Red Hat plans to respond to recent challenges to its position, and why Microsoft's new Vista operating system could actually be good for Red Hat.
