Open Source
When the best ideas win, you can't lose
Every solution starts with sharing a problem. Technology thrives in the open, where people are free to share their ideas and build on the work of others.
Creation is always an act of collaboration.
The open source way
Connected curiosity
At Red Hat, when we talk about "open source," we're talking about a proven way of collaborating to create technology. The freedom to see the code, to learn from it, to ask questions and offer improvements: This is the open source way.
When the best ideas win, customers can't lose.
Open Source Stories
Human problems. Open strategies. Innovative solutions.
Introducing Open Source Stories, a new film series highlighting how open source values like meritocracy, community building, and transparency are changing the way we approach business and life.
From education, to maker communities, to philanthropic organizations, and environmental causes, see how these philosophies and the individuals embracing them together are making openness the default 21st-century innovation model.
The Red Hat way
Technology built by trust
Red Hat is a trusted leader of open innovation.
Community builder
Open source communities can innovate far more effectively than traditional R&D labs. So we bring customers, partners, and developers into communities of purpose to solve shared problems together.
Contributor
Red Hat also contributes a lot of code. We pay our engineers and developers to work in open technology communities on behalf of our customers, contributing work to the project like everyone else.
Curator
When useful open source technology emerges, we test it, harden it, and make it secure and reliable. Then we gather, package, and support it as enterprise products.
Improved security
More eyes. More secure.
While it might seem counterintuitive, open source software is often more secure than proprietary software. In fact, debugging and securing software is part of the essence and common purpose of software communities.
More eyes. Fewer bugs. Sunlight really is the best disinfectant.
There aren’t many vendors out there that really understand both the enterprise world and the open source world. Red Hat is pretty unique in that regard.
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