I-Linux ibikunye nathi ixesha elide kunye nesoftware yasimahla, ngoko ayimangalisi into yokuba kukho iiprojekthi ezinamashumi eminyaka emva kwazo. Nangona kunjalo, Iminyaka eyi-30 ye-Red Hat ibubungqina bamandla omthombo ovulekileyo.
Ngaphambi kokuba ifunyenwe yi-IBM, Red Hat yayiyinkampani yokuqala ezimeleyo esekwe kwisoftware ukuphumeza irekhodi eyinkunzi kunye neenzuzo. I-Novell ayisekho, i-Oracle ayizange iqalise ngesoftware yasimahla, kwaye iCanonical yasekwa ngusozigidi, ke ngoko. sinokuthi yiyo yodwa eyenziwe kwi-aphantsi
Iminyaka engama-30 ye-Red Hat
Kwiminyaka engama-30 eyadlulayo, kwiminyaka emibini emva kokuba uLinus Torvalds epapashe inguqulelo yokuqala yeLinux kernel kunye noRichard Stallman owesibini phantsi kweGPL, usomashishini omncinci wadibana kwinkomfa yetekhnoloji. Umfana owayezenzele eyakhe i-Linux yokusasaza kwaye wayisasaza kwi-cd ngeposi esuka kwikhaya lakhe eNorth Carolina.
Konke kwaqala xa uBob Young, owayethengisa iinxalenye zekhompyuter nge-odolo yeposi evela kwikhaya lakhe e-Connecticut, wathenga iikopi ezininzi zosasazo waza wongeza kwikhathalogu yakhe. Bathengisa njengamaqebengwana ashushu.
Igama lavela ngenxa yokuba uMarc Ewing, umdali wokusasazwa, wayesoloko enxibe ikepusi ebomvu eyayiyeyoyisemkhulu. Ngalo lonke ixesha umntu efuna uncedo kwilebhu yekhompyuter yeyunivesithi wayebathumela ukuba bathethe "nalowo ukwikepusi ebomvu." Umnqwazi wawungengomnqwazi we-fedora welogo yangoku kodwa wawungomnye weLacrosse, umdlalo wemvelaphi odume kakhulu kwimimandla ethile yase-United States.
Nangona kunjalo, i-logo yokuqala yayingeyiyo kodwa umnqwazi ophezulu ngaphezu kwamagama e-Red Hat. Ngeliphandle, ndingatsho ukuba ngumnqwazi ophezulu ukusuka kwinkcazo. Kum lutolo olujonge phantsi. Kamva bayitshintsha yaba ngumfanekiso omnyama wendoda ehamba nebrifkheyisi. Inqaku lombala kuphela ngumnqwazi obomvu. Iyilwe yinjineli yenkampani elungisa umzobo wekliphu.
Kwi-1996 i-logo yokuqala yabhaliswa kwaye i-hat ye-fedora ebomvu yenza ukubonakala kwayo entloko ye "Shadow Man". Eli qhawe libalaseleyo, lijongeka njengentlola okanye umcuphi wabucala, lizama ukubonisa ifilosofi yenkampani. Masikhumbule ukuba yayiyiminyaka yamashumi alithoba apho iMicrosoft yaqala khona ulawulo lwayo kwaye imodeli yeelayisensi zesoftware yobunini yayingumthetho. Indoda yesithunzi yafika umngeni kwiziseko zeshishini kunye neemveliso ezisekelwe kwintsebenziswano yoluntu kunye nokuhanjiswa kwamahhala kolwazi.
Ngo-1999 i-Red Hat yafumana impumelelo yayo yokuqala yezemali ngomnikelo woluntu. apho ithe yafumana imali eyinkunzi yeebhiliyoni ezintlanu zeerandi ngosuku emva kokuqala kwayo.
Ngo-2001 imodeli yoshishino yatshintsha. Esikhundleni sokuthengisa isoftware kwibhokisi, i-loe yaqala ukuyisasaza kwisiseko sobhaliso kwaye ijolise ngokukodwa kwimarike yeshishini. Ukuhanjiswa kwatshintsha igama layo kwiRed Hat Enterprise Linux.
Kwi-2012, i-Red Hat yaba yinkampani yokuqala esekwe kubuchwephesha bomthombo ovulekileyo ukuba idlule i-dollar yezigidigidi kwingeniso. Kwiminyaka emine kamva, wadlula umqobo weebhiliyoni ezimbini zeedola kwingeniso. Ngo-2018 umnqwazi waba ngumlinganiswa ongenakuphikiswa welogo.
Apho abaninzi bethu babesoyika isiphelo sayo, I-IBM igqibezele ukufunyanwa kweyona nkampani inkulu yesoftware kwimbali ngokuthenga iRed Hat ngamashumi amathathu anesine eebhiliyoni zeedola.. Ngethamsanqa, inkampani iqhubekile nokugcina ukuzimela kwayo ngaphaya kwezigqibo eziphikisanayo ezinje ngokunyanzela iCentOS ukuba ibe yibhentshi yovavanyo okanye isebenzise amandla ayo kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zoluntu ngasemva kweeprojekthi zomthombo ovulekileyo ukunyanzelisa itekhnoloji yayo kuphuhliso lwabakhuphisana nabo.
Omnye umntu wathi izinto zinjengoko zinjalo hayi ngendlela ebekufanele ukuba ngayo. Namhlanje ihlabathi leLinux lilawulwa ngamaqumrhu kwaye iRed Hat yayinento eninzi yokwenza nayo. Isenokuba yinxalenye yenkampani enkulu, kodwa iseyinkampani esezantsi phezulu ethi, ngelixa ndingayithandi indlela eyenza ngayo, inikele ngezixhobo zayo ezininzi ukuxhasa iiprojekthi ezahlukeneyo zemithombo evulekileyo.