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Red Hat embraces embedded Linux

...2.2.12 kernel. RHTED, the first fruit of a merger between Cygnus Solutions -- a major programming corporation in its own right -- and Red Hat... Read more

1 February, 2000 by Steven J.Vaughan Nichols

Red Hat misses estimates -- splits stock

...the third quarter, Red Hat announced numerous deals, including the acquisition of Cygnus Solutions and a strategic pact with Dell. Shares of Red Hat are... Read more

20 December, 1999 by Larry Dignan

GCC gets an overhaul

...1987, and GCC 3.0 was released in 2001. A company called Cygnus Solutions, an open source business pioneer acquired in 1999 by Linux seller... Read more

15 March, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Red Hat, HP join for Itanium Linux

Advanced Server Linux will arrive for HP and Intel's 64-bit processor in early autumn, the companies say Read more

19 June, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Red Hat restructure puts focus on big clients

...services. Red Hat acquired its embedded business when it bought programming toolmaker Cygnus Solutions in 1999. Red Hat has acquired several other companies in the... Read more

20 March, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Will new chip perk up embedded Red Hat?

...can use, change and redistribute the software for free. Red Hat acquired Cygnus Solutions and its GCC programmers in 1999; Alexandre Oliva, a programmer with... Read more

14 February, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Embedded Linux alive and kicking

...is Red Hat, which launched its embedded push through its acquisition of Cygnus Solutions in 1999. Cygnus sold services and programming tools key to cracking... Read more

24 January, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Famed open-source compiler gets a face lift

Richard Stallman's pet project and the heart of the free software movement - and even of some Microsoft software - gets its first major revamp for almost a decade Read more

20 June, 2001 by Stephen Shankland

The Day Ahead: CFO search hover over Red Hat earnings

Red Hat has too many balls in the air to juggle Read more

13 September, 2000 by Larry Dignan

Red Hat makes another embedded Linux acquisition

...embedded device markets. Earlier this year, Red Hat completed its acquisition of Cygnus Solutions, a prominent open source embedded technology and development tool company. Red... Read more

15 June, 2000 by Rick Lehrbaum

The Day Ahead: Caldera preps IPO as Linux hype fades

Will Caldera Systems miss out on all that Linux IPO euphoria? Read more

16 March, 2000 by Larry Dignan

The Red Hat Irony

...Red Hat is creating a better development environment through its purchase of Cygnus Solutions. In short, Red Hat is slowly but surely adding all the... Read more

9 December, 1999 by Jesse Berst

Penguins: Name Your Price

Groups inside SCO and Sun Microsystems are exploring the possibility of buying a Linux vendor Read more

29 November, 1999 by Steven J.Vaughan Nichols

Red Hat buys Cygnus for $674m

Red Hat said Monday it will buy privately-held Cygnus Solutions for about $674m (£417m) in a move to accelerate the adoption... Read more

15 November, 1999 by Tiffany Kary

Linux: Following the money

...open source is here to stay," he said. Michael Tiemann, who founded Cygnus Solutions in 1989, said that a few years ago "you couldn't... Read more

24 August, 1999 by Lisa M Bowman

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