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title: Stephen goes to town on Red Hat/JBoss acquisition
date: 2006-04-13T19:35:42Z
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I jotted down a [few thoughts](http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/archives/001497.html) the other day but Stephen is the deep thinker on open source business models. So I was pleased when he got another one of his famous Q&As done. Go read it [here](http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001501.html).

> "If one assumes that Red Hat was indeed fixated on the idea of expanding its product portfolio as a vehicle for growth, JBoss becomes the obvious choice. There are other purer support and service businesses they could have consumed, such as Covalent, OpenLogic, SourceLabs, or Spikesource – but JBoss is differentiated from those offerings by its community and the traction it represents."

For those of you that prefer hot podcast action – Stephen had a great session the other day with Steve G for a [Gillmor Daily on the deal](http://mp3.gillmordaily.podshow.com/GillmorDaily-2006.4.11.mp3). Its 26 miutes short, sweet and insightful.

Tags: [JBoss](http://technorati.com/tag/JBoss), [Red Hat](http://technorati.com/tag/Red+Hat), [Spikesource](http://technorati.com/tag/Spikesource), [SourceLabs](http://technorati.com/tag/SourceLabs), [Covalent](http://technorati.com/tag/Covalent), [Fleury](http://technorati.com/tag/Fleury), [tecosystems](http://technorati.com/tag/tecosystems), [RedMonk](http://technorati.com/tag/RedMonk), [WebSphere](http://technorati.com/tag/WebSphere), [WebLogic](http://technorati.com/tag/WebLogic)