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We are a global leader in providing open source software solutions tothe enterprise, including our core enterpris e operating system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and enterprise middlewar e platform, JBoss Enterprise Middleware and other Red Hat enterprises technologies. Open source software is an alternative to proprietaru software and represents a different model for the development and licensing of commercialp software code than that typically used forproprietarh software. Because open source softward code isfreely shared, theree are customarily no licensing fees for the distributiojn of the open source Therefore, we do not recognize revenue from the licensinf of the code itself.
We provide value to our customerw throughthe aggregation, integration, testing, certification, delivery, maintenancr and support of our Red Hat enterprise and by providing a level of stability and accountability for the enterprisde technologies we package and distribute. Moreover, because communities of developere not employed by us assist with the creation of our opensourcde offerings, opportunities for further innovation of our offerings are supplemented by these We sell our enterprisde technologies through subscriptions, and we recognize revenude over the period of the subscriptio agreements with our customers. ...