Bug fixes and upgrades are available within hours rather than years, resulting in more stable and reliable computing systems. Calif. When Intel and Netscape recently made a minority investment in Red Hat, they added not only monetary value but credibility and reliability to Red Hat Linux. Their investment was in Linux, both as an operating system and as a development model. The investment from Intel and Netscape has given us the opportunity to establish an Enterprise Computing Division within Red Hat Software. This division offers the operating system platform service, technical support, strategic alliances and company responsibility that the enterprise demands.
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The software development teams at enterprises such as CERN, NASA, Boeing and Westinghouse contribute by improving the open source products they are using for internal projects. The huge development effort behind Linux means the technology can stay ahead of closed-system operating systems. Consider security, for example. Because of the wide-open nature of Linux and its sources, security issues are identified, debated and repaired in real time, resulting in more effective solutions that are available immediately. The opposing viewpoint By Ed Muth of Microsoft.