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Red Hat just broke server performance records, but it won't break a CIO's bank to get it.
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Red Hat stopped innovating a couple years ago. Which is good, in that their service had badly deteriorated, but performance is not what they're best at at this point. Getting JBoss to work seems like their focal point. Great to see both companies innovating in open source though.
- by ralfthedog September 23, 2008 7:21 AM PDT
- But what about all the fun of dealing with CAL's and stuff. Don't forget, Linux is too easy to manage. The IT department needs stuff to do. Companies need the latest media player and singing dancing icons on the desktop of their servers.
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- by scottlewis101 September 23, 2008 9:59 AM PDT
- Apples and oranges, Alex. Sun did it with an in-memory data cache (GigaSpaces), RedHat did it with IBM DB2.
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(3 Comments)With the economy as strong as it is, companies should be forced to buy the most expensive least performing software. They need to dump all that money someplace.