Open-Source Start-ups Challenge Red Hat/Fedora, Novell/SuSE

[mandy]

Linux pundits see, on the strength of revenues, Red Hat is clearly the leader in North America while SuSE has some strength in Europe. But this competition is not happening in a vacuum. Both are fighting in Asia where there are other competitors such as TurboLinux and Red Flag, which comes from China.

...a trend in the open-source industry. Organizations are looking to cut costs while more vendors are stepping up to the plate with competing products and services. Despite Red Hat's dominance of the top spot and Novell's position at No. 2, there is healthy competition in the open-source market and companies have more choice -- sometimes at a lower cost...

full article: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/47980.html