> it took Red Hat and some other key players addressing the concerns the businesses and governments had
Red Hat? I don't think they are involved in the moves to FOSS for government agencies, mostly because they're American, and the ones who are currently moving quickly (in the government world at least) are the ones who aren't American and what to get rid of their reliance on American infrastructure and software.
Visit Washington DC some time and ride the metro. Red Hat puts out ads about all their public sector offerings.