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This quarter marked Red Hat’s 11th-consecutive quarter of mid-to-high teens revenue growth, an impressive performance. Red Hat Chief Jim Whitehurst says open source is spurring innovation. In other news, Google Fiber delays roll-out plans in 34 cities – the Triangle being one of them, which sparked some conversations. The explanation of how to get 100,000 downloads of an app in 48 hours via Next Glass was popular throughout most of the day – it’s Friday after all and happy hour is knocking at the door. And, finally, the 12 Days of Broadband concluded today. We encourage you to look back at the dozen stories reported this year. Happy Holidays!

Let’s see what else the Triangle was talking about today…