Is Red Hat Recession-Proof?

Lofty oil prices. Sub-prime mortgage woes. Financial companies (Citigroup, Etrade) stumbling badly. Ouch. Ouch. And Ouch. Whispers of a potential US recession ahead continue. That made The VAR Guy wonder: If the U.S. heads into a recession soon, are open source companies like Red Hat better positioned to weather the storm than their closed source counterparts? Take a look at this analysis at TechIQ magazine.