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With $1b in sales, Red Hat really takes off

Linux stalwart hits $1b in sales, plans local growth

By Michael B. Farrell

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 06, 2012

Red Hat Inc., the leading vendor of open-source software, will double the size of its product and technology headquarters in Westford. It plans to break ground on a new building this spring to add as many as 181 employees. The North Carolina-based software company, which opened an office in Massachusetts in 2001, passed $1 billion in revenues for its 2012 fiscal year. Red Hat received $3.4 million in tax credits from Massachusetts to expand locally.

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