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INTRODUCTION LINUX AND REDHAT
HISTORY OF LINUX 1991 COMPUTER HARDWARE WAS PUSHING THE LIMITS BEYOND WHAT ANYONE EXPECTED – DOS WAS STILL REIGNING SUPREME IN THE WORLD OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS. PC USERS HAD NO OTHER CHOICE. APPLE MACINTOSH PRICES WERE ASTRONOMICAL. • THE OTHER DEDICATED CAMP OF COMPUTING WAS THE UNIX WORLD. UNIX WAS FAR MORE EXPENSIVE AND OUT OF REACH FROM PC USERS. THE SOURCE CODE OF UNIX, ONCE TAUGHT IN UNIVERSITIES COURTESY OF BELL LABS, WAS NOW CAUTIOUSLY GUARDED. • A SOLUTION APPEARED ON THE HORIZON CALLED MINIX. IT WAS WRITTEN FROM SCRATCH BY ANDREW S. TANENBAUM, A DUTCH PROFESSOR WHO WANTED TO TEACH HIS STUDENTS THE INNER WORKINGS OF A REAL OPERATING SYSTEM. IT WAS DESIGNED TO RUN ON THE INTEL 8086 MICROPROCESSOR.
LINUX WAS CREATED BY LINUS TORVALDS (HENCE, THE NAME) IN HELSINKI, FINLAND. HE WAS IN HIS EARLY YEARS OF UNIVERSITY STUDIES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, WHEN HE CREATED THIS OPERATING SYSTEM.
LINUX IS THE MOVEMENT TO OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE. IT ALLOWS THE SOFTWARE TO BE DISTRIBUTED FREELY.
RED HAT, INC. IS AN AMERICAN IBM SUBSIDIARY SOFTWARE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS TO ENTERPRISES. FOUNDED IN 1993, RED HAT HAS ITS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, WITH OTHER OFFICES WORLDWIDE
RED HAT HAS BECOME ASSOCIATED TO A LARGE EXTENT WITH ITS ENTERPRISE OPERATING SYSTEM RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX. WITH THE ACQUISITION OF OPEN-SOURCE ENTERPRISE MIDDLEWARE VENDOR JBOSS, RED HAT ALSO OFFERS RED HAT VIRTUALIZATION (RHV), AN ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION PRODUCT. RED HAT PROVIDES STORAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM PLATFORMS, MIDDLEWARE, APPLICATIONS, MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS, AND SUPPORT, TRAINING, AND CONSULTING SERVICES