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This would appear to be a match made in heaven. Red Hat has announced it is buying JBoss. So what? Well considering JBoss is chock full of middleware apps in the open source universe, and Red Hat makes server and desktop Linux flavors for businesses and homes, this would appear to complete a circuit of sorts. In fact, Red Hat makes great pains in their press release to note how this will signal a shift towards more "service-oriented architectures (SOA), by enabling the next generation of web-enabled applications running on a low-cost, open source platform." Wait, what technology company in their right ming would want to promote web services? Oh yeah, all of them. In fact, this is a terrific boon for Red Hat. And how much is this costing them? Again, from the press release: "$350 million in initial consideration, plus approximately $70 million subject to the achievement of certain future performance metrics." It'll be interesting to see what develops out of this, because I can see a whole range of services provided by Red Hat as a result...
Red Hat to acquire JBoss originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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