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Examining Novell and Red Hat: Page 8 of 10

The open-source model is what makes Linux so pervasive, Tiemann observes.





Red Hat Strengths and Weaknesses



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"Universities and schools are increasingly making Linux a part of their learning environment and infrastructure," he says. "More and more people are graduating with a positive experience with the platform."

Red Hat has engaged in aggressive academic pricing for RHEL ($2,500 for an unlimited student site license, with the $1,500 administrative server product priced at $50). Such pricing is definitely a good idea if Tiemann's academic-propagation model is going to work.