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05 September 2008 • 2 min read

Open source behemoth opens up Windows opportunities with acquisition of virtualisation specialist

Open source software vendor Red Hat has beefed up its virtualisation offering by snapping up specialist vendor Qumranet for $107m (£60.5m). Red Hat claimed it does not expect the deal to affect...

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