Red Hat acquired Cygnus Solutions, a company that provided commercial support for free software, on January 11, 2000 – it was the company's largest acquisition, for . Michael Tiemann, co-founder of Cygnus, served as the chief technical officer of Red Hat after the acquisition. Red Hat made the most acquisitions in 2000 with five: Cygnus Solutions, Bluecurve, Wirespeed Communications, Hell's Kitchen Systems, and C2Net. On June 5, 2006, Red Hat acquired open-source middleware provider JBoss for and integrated it as its own division of Red Hat.
red hat acquired cygnus solutions a company that provided commercial support for free software on january 11 2000 – it was the company's largest acquisition for  michael tiemann co-founder of cygnus served as the chief technical officer of red hat after the acquisition red hat made the most acquisitions in 2000 with five cygnus solutions bluecurve wirespeed communications hell's kitchen systems and c2net on june 5 2006 red hat acquired open-source middleware provider jboss for and integrated it as its own division of red hat