Red Hat Expands Its Channel
Red Hat intends to grow open service practices in the IT marketplace with the launch of its new Red Hat Certified Service Provider Program (CSP). It's all part of Red Hat's continuing effort to expand its install base and fend off competitors like Oracle's Unbreakable Linux and Novell's SUSE Enterprise Linux.
Red Hat Global Professional Services will provide training to the CSPs, so they can implement Red Hat services and offer them to customers. CSPs will be able to implement the Red Hat Network satellite, which enables the deployment, administration and management of systems.
Rachel Cassidy, vice president of global services for Red Hat, told internetnews.com that the CSP complements existing efforts and is not intended to compete with the company's existing channel offering through its global partners IBM and HP.
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Robert Krátký: What sort of responses do you get about the "Truth Happens" campaign? Considering it's not really a regular ad campaign, what kind of a feedback did you expect and what do you really get?
Matthew Szulik: Yeah, it was never never anticipated to be an advertisement. It was intended to really speak about the values and the cultures, and the raison d'être of Red Hat. And when we used that, you could see that there was no promotional bend to it. It's simply and hopefully a dialog that we create with the viewer of the material that expresses the importance of both intellectual freedom, and the importance of the freedom and democratization of content.
2) So, do you think it actually works? Have you had any feedback?
MS: I have been around the world and I have had that video precede me in a number of presentations where I've had large groups of three or four hundred people in India stand up and provide a standing ovation. I have been on college campuses where students have actually applauded. It is certainly the most requested piece of Red Hat material we have. It's now available on podcasts, on iTunes. I think the overwhelming feedback, I'm sure largely because I think it tells a compelling message, has been positive.
3) A new version of the GPL is on the horizon. It is already clear that the mainline Linux kernel will not adopt the new license. Do you consider the GPLv3 a dead end? Is Free Software going to be able to stay competitive with the current license?
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