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Investors are talking about Red Hat [RHT
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] after the open-source software firm beat Street' estimates with a net profit of $28.9 million, or 15 cents per share, compared with $21.1 million, or 10 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter.
The world's biggest provider of Linux software -- whose rivals for corporate customers include Novell [NOVL
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]-- has been weathering the recession well as the popularity of open-source software grows and it sells most of its products via subscriptions that lock in customers over multiple years.
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"In general I'm hearing very positive things from the CEOs of most of the open-source companies," Red Hat chief executive Jim Whitehurst says.
"We are starting to see more discussion of new projects from customers for the first time in a long time."
Should you take that to mean tech spending is on the rebound? Decide for yourself. Watch our interview with CEO Jim Whitehurst, now!
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Citigroup Has Received Compensation From (GOOG)
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Citi Is A Market Maker In Shares Of (GOOG)
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