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Red Hat is partnering with Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) to offer Linux-based computing power as an on-call computer resource, letting companies scale up applications without building a bigger data center. That Linux-on-demand idea has sizzle, but there are other interesting pieces in Red Hat’s latest batch of products, including more virtualization support and one audacious goal.

The Amazon partnership is part of Red Hat’s Linux Automation initiative to make it easier for companies to deploy Linux applications. With it, Red Hat will have its version of Linux powering over half of the world’s new servers by 2015 while doubling its current market share, says Scott Crenshaw, Red Hat’s VP of enterprise Linux business.

That’s a “goal, not a prediction,” Red Hat clarified–probably wisely so, given that IDC says Linux has just 15% of operating system revenue.

Great news, the more people we have offering grid or on demand compute solutions, the more businesses will be able to buy what they need, when they want it. Granted it might not be something that the enterprises might necessarily look at, but for businesses wanting to offload some workload, try new things/applications, buying capacity can be a real enabler.

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