Red Hat

Red Hat

In computing, Red Hat, Inc. is a company in the free and open source software business, and a major Linux distribution vendor.While at college, company founder Marc Ewing was given the Cornell lacrosse team cap (with red and white stripes) by his grandfather. People would turn to him to solve their problems and he was referred to as that guy in the red hat. By the time he wrote the manual of the beta version of Red Hat Linux he had lost the cap, so the manual included an appeal to readers to return his Red Hat if found.

Red Hat is associated primarily with its enterprise operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the acquisition of open-source enterprise middleware vendor JBoss. Red Hat provides operating-system platforms along with middleware, applications, and management solutions, as well as support, training, and consulting services.