Glyn Moody, munyori wemabhuku paLinux naLinus Torvalds, anofungakuti panguva ino iyo IBM yakatanga nzira iyo, makore makumi maviri gare gare, yakatungamirira kutenga Red Hat yemadhora mabhiriyoni 20. Zvisinei, kubvira ipapo, IBM yave ichiwedzera kuswedera pedyo neLinux ecosystem uye Red Hat kunyanya. Muna 34, kambani vakabatana kuedza kushanda paIBM bhizinesi masisitimu yakavakirwa paRed Hat Linux.
Kwapera gore, Red Hat uye IBM vakasvika pachibvumirano chitsva - ivo vakabvuma kusimudzira nekushandisa mhinduro dzeLinux dzemakambani ese ari mumabhizinesi pasi rese. Chibvumirano ichi chakafukidza IBM zvigadzirwa zvakaita seDB2, WebSphere Application Server, Lotus Domino, uye IBM Diki Bhizinesi Pack. Muna 2000 IBM akatanga kushandura ese masevha mapuratifomu pasi peLinux. Panguva iyoyo, mapurojekiti akati wandei ekambani aitoshanda pahwaro hweiyi sisitimu yekushandisa. Pakati pavo paiva, semuenzaniso, supercomputer paYunivhesiti yeNew Mexico.
Pamusoro peIBM, Dell akatanga kushanda pamwe neRed Hat mumakore iwayo. Zvikuru nekuda kweizvi, muna 1999 kambani yakaburitswa sevha yekutanga ine pre-yakaiswa Linux OS. Mukupera kwema90 uye kutanga kwema2000, Red Hat yakapinda muzvibvumirano nemamwe makambani - neHP, SAP, Compaq. Zvese izvi zvakabatsira Red Hat kuwana tsoka muchikamu chebhizinesi.
Iyo shanduko munhoroondo yeRed Hat Linux yaive 2002-2003, apo kambani yakatumidza chigadzirwa chayo chikuru Red Hat Enterprise Linux uye yakasiya zvachose kugovera kwemahara kwekugovera kwayo. Kubva ipapo, yakapedzisira yatarisa pachikamu chekambani uye, neimwe nzira, yave mutungamiri wayo - ikozvino makambani. ndezvavo chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chesevha yese musika.
Asi nezvose izvi, Red Hat haina kufuratira software yemahara. Mutsivi wekambani munzvimbo iyi yaive yekugovera Fedora, iyo yekutanga vhezheni (yakabudiswa muna 2003) based zvichibva pa2.4.22 Red Hat Linux kernel. Nhasi, Red Hat inotsigira zvakasimba kuvandudzwa kweFedora uye inoshandisa basa rechikwata muzvigadzirwa zvavo.