Re: [mv] Interchange now a Red Hat product

["Ron Phipps" <takedown@cdsnet.net>]

Congrats Mike and the rest of the staff at Akopia.  I should have put in my
bet early, I had a feeling this might happen.  RedHat is a smart company and
they recognize products that work.  Interchange is the top open sourced Ecom
package out there, only makes sense for one of the top distros to pick ya
up.  Looking forward to deploying more solutions based on IC and RedHat!

-Ron

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Heins" <heins@akopia.com>
To: "Interchange User List" <interchange-users@lists.akopia.com>; "MiniVend
User List" <minivend-users@minivend.com>;
<interchange-announce@lists.akopia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 6:28 PM
Subject: [mv] Interchange now a Red Hat product


> Dear All,
>
> I am excited to announce that Interchange is now a Red Hat product.  This
> will be announced publicly at Linux World in New York tomorrow, Wednesday,
> Jan. 31.
>
> Akopia has been acquired by Red Hat.  Interchange, Red Hat Stronghold
> Secure web server, and Red Hat CCVS (Credit Card Verification System) now
> form the Red Hat E-commerce Solutions division of Red Hat. Operations will
> continue to be based out of Reston, VA. CCVS and Stronghold engineers will
> be joining us to continue to develop the best open-source ecommerce
> solution.
>
> Red Hat needs no introduction to most of you, but I will mention that it
> is the leading Linux provider in every country of the world save Germany;
> has over 650 employees worldwide; and has offices on 4 continents.
>
> Interchange remains free and under the Gnu GPL.  No changes to day-to-day
> operations are planned, and further development will continue to be in
> the spirit of open source. I am confident that this means that your
> investment in learning and deploying Interchange will be protected, and
> that both the software and the support for Interchange will continue to
> get better and better.
>
> I am continuing in my role as lead developer for Interchange as an
> employee of Red Hat.
>
> The official press release will be at:
>
>     http://www.redhat.com/about/presscenter/
>
> Of course none of this would have happened without your support.
> Interchange is what it is because you have used it and fed your experience
> back to it for others to benefit. We thank you all, and hope that you
> will proceed with us on the next stage of the journey.
>
> Best Regards,
> Mike Heins
> --
> Akopia, Inc., 131 Willow Lane, Floor 2, Oxford, OH  45056
> phone +1.513.523.7621 fax 7501 <heins@akopia.com>
>
> Be patient. God isn't finished with me yet.  -- unknown
>
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