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Canonical vs Red Hat

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Canonical
Based on 140 reviews.
Red Hat
Based on 639 reviews.
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Red Hat, Inc. is an American multinational software company providing open-source software products to the enterprise community. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, with satellite offices worldwide. Red Hat has become associated to a large extent with its enterprise operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux and with the acquisition of open-source enterprise middleware vendor JBoss. Red Hat also offers Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, an enterprise virtualization product. Red Hat provides storage, operating system platforms, middleware, applications, management products, and support, training, and consulting services.
Sample Customers
Ubuntu Linux
Samsung, eBay, AT&T, Walmart, Cisco, Time Warner Cable, Bloomberg, Best Buy, Dell, Intel, Microsoft, Ericsson, Orange, Wells Fargo
Canonical LXD
GNU, Ubuntu, MySQL, Bugzilla, Debian, MariaDB, Drizzle, Inkscape, Gwibber, Squid Cache, Launchpad, BitlBee
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Travel Channel, Mohawk Industries, Hilti, Molecular Health, Exolgan, Hotelplan Group, Emory University, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, HCA Healthcare, Paychex, UPS, Intermountain Healthcare, Brinker International, TransUnion, Union Bank, CA Technologies
CoreOS Rocket
Atlassian, MemSQL, Deis, Rackspace, Cloud Foundry
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Top Industries
Computer Software Company
13%
University
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
8%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Educational Organization
13%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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