I-Linux ibinathi isikhathi eside futhi isoftware yamahhala isikhathi eside, ngakho-ke akumangazi ukuthi kukhona amaphrojekthi anamashumi ambalwa eminyaka ngemuva kwawo. Nokho, Iminyaka engu-30 ye-Red Hat iwubufakazi bamandla omthombo ovulekile.
Ngaphambi kokutholwa yi-IBM, I-Red Hat bekuyinkampani yokuqala ezimele yamahhala esekwe kwisoftware ukuzuza amarekhodi osonhlamvukazi kanye nenzuzo. I-Novell ayisekho, i-Oracle ayizange iqale nge-software yamahhala, futhi iCanonical yasungulwa usozigidi, ngakho-ke. singasho ukuthi iyona yodwa eyakhiwe ngo-aphansi
Iminyaka engama-30 ye-Red Hat
Eminyakeni engu-30 edlule, eminyakeni emibili ngemva kokuba uLinus Torvalds eshicilele inguqulo yokuqala ye-Linux kernel noRichard Stallman owesibili ngaphansi kwe-GPL, usomabhizinisi omncane wahlangana engqungqutheleni yezobuchwepheshe. insizwa eyayizenzele eyakhe i-Linux ukusatshalaliswa futhi yayisabalalisa kuma-cd ngeposi isuka kubo eNorth Carolina.
Konke kwaqala lapho uBob Young, owayethengisa izingxenye zekhompiyutha nge-oda leposi esuka emzini wakhe e-Connecticut, wathenga amakhophi amaningi okusakazwa futhi wawengeza kukhathalogi yakhe. Babethengisa njengamaqebelengwane ashisayo.
Leli gama lavela ngoba uMarc Ewing, umdali wokusabalalisa, wayehlale egqoke ikepisi elibomvu elingelikamkhulu wakhe. Ngaso sonke isikhathi uma othile edinga usizo elebhu yekhompiyutha yasenyuvesi yakhe wayebathumela ukuthi bakhulume "nalona ofake ikepisi elibomvu." Ikepisi bekungesona isigqoko se-fedora selogo yamanje kodwa enye ye-Lacrosse, umdlalo wendabuko odume kakhulu ezindaweni ezithile zase-United States.
Nokho, ilogo yokuqala yayingesona isigqoko esingaphezulu kwamagama athi Red Hat. Eqinisweni, ngingabona ukuthi isigqoko esiphezulu encazelweni. Kimina umcibisholo obheke phansi. Kamuva bawushintsha baba umfanekiso omnyama wendoda ehamba nesikhwama. Okuwukuphela kwenothi lombala yisigqoko esibomvu. Idalwe unjiniyela wenkampani olungisa ubuciko bokunamathisela.
Ngo-1996 i-logo yokuqala yabhaliswa futhi isigqoko esibomvu se-fedora savela ekhanda le "Shadow Man". Leli qhawe elinamandla, elibukeka njengenhloli noma umphenyi ozimele, lizama ukukhombisa ifilosofi yenkampani. Masikhumbule ukuthi kwakuyiminyaka yamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye lapho iMicrosoft yaqala khona ukubusa futhi imodeli yamalayisensi esoftware yokuphathelene kwakuwumthetho. Umthunzi weza ukuzophonsela inselelo izisekelo zemboni ngemikhiqizo esekelwe ekusebenzisaneni komphakathi kanye nokusatshalaliswa kwamahhala kolwazi.
Ngo-1999 i-Red Hat yazuza impumelelo yayo yokuqala yezezimali ngomnikelo womphakathi wesitoko. lapho ithole khona imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezinhlanu zamaRandi ngosuku ngemuva kokuqalwa kwayo.
Ngo-2001 imodeli yebhizinisi yashintsha. Esikhundleni sokuthengisa isoftware ebhokisini, u-loe waqala ukuyisabalalisa ngokubhaliselwe futhi okuhloswe ngayo emakethe yebhizinisi kuphela. Ukusabalalisa kuguqule igama lakho kwaba iRed Hat Enterprise Linux.
Ngo-2012, i-Red Hat yaba inkampani yokuqala esekelwe kubuchwepheshe bemithombo evulekile ukwedlula imali eyizigidi eziyinkulungwane zamadola. Eminyakeni emine kamuva, wadlula umgoqo wemali engenayo yamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili. Ngo-2018 isigqoko saba umlingiswa ongenakuphikiswa welogo.
Lapho abaningi bethu besaba ukuphela kwayo, I-IBM iqedele ukutholwa kwenkampani yesoftware enkulukazi emlandweni ngokuthenga iRed Hat ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu nane.. Ngenhlanhla, inkampani iqhubekile nokugcina ukuzimela kwayo ngale kwezinqumo eziyimpikiswano ezifana nokuphoqa i-CentOS ukuthi ibe ibhentshi lokuhlola noma isebenzise amandla ayo emiphakathini eyahlukene ngemuva kwamaphrojekthi omthombo ovulekile ukuze iphoqelele ubuchwepheshe bayo ekuthuthukisweni kwezimbangi zayo.
Omunye wathi izinto zinjengoba zinjalo, hhayi njengoba kufanele. Namuhla umhlaba we-Linux ubuswa yizinkampani futhi iRed Hat yayinokuningi engakwenza ngayo. Kungase kube yingxenye yenkampani enkulu, kodwa kuseyinkampani esezingeni eliphansi okuthi, nakuba okungenani ngingathandi indlela eyenza ngayo, inikele ngezinsiza zayo ezinkulu ekusekeleni amaphrojekthi emithombo evulekile ehlukahlukene.