Red Hat
Divestitures
Table:
Date

Acquirer

Target company

Target business

Acquirer country

Value (USD)

References

December 14, 1998

Intel Corporation

Red Hat[note 3]

Open-source software

United States

—

[118]

March 9, 1999

Compaq

Red Hat[note 4]

Open-source software

United States

—

[119]

March 9, 1999

IBM

Red Hat[note 5]

Open-source software

United States

—

[120]

March 9, 1999

Novell

Red Hat[note 6]

Open-source software

United States

—

[121]

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