Could Red Hat become the next Microsoft--that is, could it become the dominant (not necessarily domineering) operating systems provider? What a ridiculous proposition, you might say. How could a little company that provides Linux open-source software hope to topple Microsoft? In fact, given that the Linux world is built on a collaborative approach based on the GNU GPL (General Public License), it's hard to imagine how any single open-source distributor could totally dominate. Everyone has access to the bounty of source code generated by the huge community of developers evolving the Linux platform.
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