Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:06:45 -0400
From: Brian Willinsky <bwillinsky@schwartz-pr.com>
To: <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Red Hat Powers the Kerbango Internet Tuning Service





FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information:
Melissa London			   Bryan Scanlon or Brian Willinsky
Red Hat, Inc. 			       Schwartz Communications for Red Hat
(919) 547-0012			     (781) 684-0770
melissa@redhat.com		  redhat@schwartz-pr.com


RED HAT POWERS THE KERBANGO INTERNET TUNING SERVICE -
THE HEART OF 3COM’S UPCOMING KERBANGO INTERNET RADIO

Open Source Leader Provides Maximum Uptime for Web Servers in 3Com’s New
Internet Audio Division

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--October 24, 2000--Red Hat, Inc.,
(Nasdaq:RHAT), a leader in developing, deploying and managing open source
Internet infrastructure, today announced that the Internet Audio Division
of 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS), uses Red Hat Linux to power its Web and
database servers. These servers power the Kerbango(tm) Tuning Service--the
heart of 3Com’s forthcoming  Kerbango Internet Radio, which will provide
easy access to thousands of worldwide Internet audio streams without a
personal computer.

"Our Web servers running on Red Hat Linux are currently experiencing an
uptime of 308 days with roughly 99.9 percent availability worldwide," said
John Bryant, director of Internet development for 3Com’s Internet Audio
Division. "We selected Red Hat because of its reliability and position in
the Linux space. Its pre-made Linux packages and overall support of Linux
development made it the obvious choice for us."

3Com’s Kerbango Internet Radio, expected to be available later this
year, will use the Kerbango Tuning Service (www.kerbango.com) to allow
consumers to find and listen to Internet audio from around the
world--without a computer. 3Com runs its Internet Audio Division Web
servers and database with thousands of Internet audio streams on Penguin
Computing Systems preinstalled with Red Hat Linux.

"Once again, a next-generation Internet company has chosen Red Hat for its
scalability and ability to operate powerful high-end servers," said Michael
Tiemann, CTO of Red Hat. "Internet radio is a new concept that is expected to
change the way we listen to music via the Internet, and companies shaping this
market need reliable solutions to support their operations."

Open Source Momentum

International Data Corp. (IDC) research states that paid Linux shipments grew
faster than any other server operating system over the past two years, and
their preliminary figures for 1999 hold 24.6 percent of the server
operating system market, up from 15.8 in 1998. IDC also states that Red Hat
holds 50.2 percent of Linux vendor market share and that Red Hat Linux is
by far the most popular distribution, preferred by 68.7 percent of
U.S. Linux users.

Research firm Netcraft, Inc. (www.netcraft.com), states that as of May 2000, 30
percent of all public Web sites run on Linux-based operating systems, making
Linux the most popular choice for deploying public Web sites. IDC research
shows 40 percent of all spending on Linux servers is for Internet related
applications, firmly entrenching Linux servers in the Internet infrastructure.

Finally, IDC predicts that by 2002, there will be more than 55 million handheld
and notebook-style information appliance devices and that by 2005, shipments of
these appliances will exceed shipments of PCs.

Red Hat’s numerous alliances with industry leaders and the demand for Linux-
based applications has created open source support from many of the industry’s
leading software and hardware manufacturers, including Dell, Compaq, Computer
Associates, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Netscape, Novell, Oracle and SAP.

About Red Hat, Inc.

Founded in 1994, Red Hat (Nasdaq:RHAT), is the leader in development,
deployment and management of Linux and open source solutions for Internet
infrastructure ranging from small embedded devices to high availability clusters
and secure Web servers. In addition to the award-winning Red Hat Linux server
operating system, Red Hat is the principle provider of GNU-based developer tools
and support solutions for a wide variety of embedded processors. Red Hat
provides run-time solutions, developer tools, Linux kernel expertise and offers
support and engineering services to organizations in all embedded and Linux
markets.

Red Hat applies its technological leadership to create open source
solutions for all points on the Internet and in pervasive computing
environments, offers services backed by the best understanding of open
source and the most comprehensive resources, and delivers the brand of a
widely trusted open source leader and corporate partner. Red Hat offers
users one single, trusted point of contact and a common platform for
developing, deploying and managing open source across the Internet and
devices that connect to the Internet.

Red Hat is based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. and has offices worldwide.
Please visit Red Hat on the Web at www.redhat.com. For investor inquiries,
contact Lippert/Heilshorn at (212) 838-3777.

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LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RED HAT is a registered trademark of
Red Hat, Inc.  3COM is a registered trademark and KERBANGO is a trademark of
3Com Corporation. All other company or product names may be trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.


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