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Exclusivity in open source.
The software stack is another way Red Hat can assure that people buy its products. They will work well together. Sound familiar?

Quoting the article:
By assembling a larger set of products and services, Red Hat can better mimic--and compete with--established corporate software companies. The industry's largest companies--Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Novell and BEA Systems--are each seeking to build a full "stack" of software infrastructure products with a healthy third-party product "ecosystem," or partner network.
"This (acquisition) represents the reassembly of a (vendor) ecosystem, which you now have with open source," said Forrester Research analyst Michael Goulde. "This is a step toward establishing a branded ecosystem, as opposed to a do-it-yourself ecosystem."
EoQ

"A branded ecosystem", the brand being Red Hat "as opposed to a do-it-yourself ecosystem"...
This shows Red Hat's approach to limiting the damage from open source piracy. It's similar to the plans of the proprietary software companies among those named.

Red Hat is looking for a way to persuade buyers not to obtain the software for free.

When Red Hat uses familiar strategies, I think that Mr. Matusow does have a point.
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It IS inevitable  Sabz5150 | 04/10/06
It is a defining moment, 1/3 of a billion is not small change.  DonnieBoy | 04/10/06
RE: It IS inevitable  markbn | 04/11/06
Open source piracy  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
Have to correcft this typo.  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
Typo or no...  Jeremy Chappell | 04/10/06
Your bill...  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
what part are you missing Anton?  Monkey_MCSE | 04/10/06
If every buyer...  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
Everyone *can* get RedHat's software without payment  mosborne | 04/11/06
Actually...  LinuxHippie | 04/10/06
Right question, wrong answer  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/10/06
You have no real concept of the difference, do you?  el1jones | 04/10/06
Is Red Hat selling services...  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
Piracy?  Richard Flude | 04/10/06
Exclusivity in open source.  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
Where are the strategies similiar?  Richard Flude | 04/10/06
Let's try a hypothetical situation.  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
So hypothetically they are similiar? Clearly they aren't  Richard Flude | 04/10/06
People buy from Red Hat...  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
Consumers vs Enterprise consumer  Richard Flude | 04/10/06
Piracy (free version) helps MS just like a free version helps RedHat  DonnieBoy | 04/11/06
Who writes this drivel???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/10/06
It already has  Richard Flude | 04/10/06
Enterprise Versions  imcdermid | 04/11/06
Open Source Dilemma  think_tank | 04/11/06
Kinda backwards...  techboy_z | 04/11/06
Backward and forward...  think_tank | 04/11/06
Red Hat is an open source monopoly  think_tank | 04/11/06
Oh please  mosborne | 04/11/06
He's right...  techboy_z | 04/11/06
Not Silly  think_tank | 04/11/06

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