FounderDuels

Digital Research vs Red Hat

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Digital Research is the older of the two, founded in 1974 — 19 years before Red Hat.

Founded
1974
1993
Status
Closed 1991
Active
Headquarters
Pacific Grove
Raleigh, United States
Industry
software industry
software industry
Employees
Not recorded
19,000
Legal form
subsidiary company
public company
Listed on
Not recorded
New York Stock Exchange
Parent
Not recorded
IBM

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Digital Research and Red Hat.