From:	 Scott MacKenzie <scottm@schwartz-pr.com>
To:	 <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Red Hat Expands Open Souce Portfolio with Red Hat Database
Date:	 Mon, 25 Jun 2001 09:28:29 -0400

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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

RED HAT EXPANDS OPEN SOURCE PORTFOLIO WITH INTRODUCTION OF RED HAT DATABASE

Market Leader to Target Underserved Mid-Market with More Cost Effective
Database for Workgroups, Departments and E-Business Applications

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--June 25, 2001--Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT),
the leader in developing, deploying and managing open source solutions,
today announced Red Hat Database. The Red Hat Database product is an open
source database solution, based on PostgreSQL 7.1, and optimized with Red
Hat Linux 7.1, for mid-sized organizations and corporate workgroups and
departments.

Red Hat Database is designed to meet the growing customer demand for
reliable and more cost effective databases for e-business applications. It
bridges a gap in the Linux database market between large enterprise
databases that require specialized IT skills and resources and smaller,
less capable databases that are affordable, but not sophisticated enough
for complex Web and e-business applications.

"With Red Hat’s entry into the database market, we continue to expand
the opportunity for customers to build more flexible and maintainable
systems based on the benefits of open source technology," said Dr. James
Neiser, Chief Marketing Officer of Red Hat, Inc. "In many cases, customers
simply do not need the power, features or expense of a large, complex
enterprise database. But to be successful, they do require sufficient
functionality, reliability, scalability and a well-supported solution."

"We are very excited that Red Hat is offering a single solution for both
operating system and database support. We are confident that with Red
Hat’s technical leadership and product quality, we can be more
successful in our current markets and reach new markets created by open
source innovations," said Mark Lucas, Chief Technical Officer of
ImageLinks, a company that processes large satellite and aerial images for
businesses.

"Many organizations are seeking solutions, not toolkits," said Dan
Kusnetzky, IDC’s Vice President of System Software Research. "Red Hat,
by packaging Linux as a database server, would certainly make open source
software more attractive to organizations needing solutions." IDC predicts
that worldwide relational and object relational database revenues on Linux
and other open source platforms will grow from $42 million in 2000 to $7.8
billion in 2005.

Red Hat Database includes:

·Red Hat Installer, and enhanced documentation for PostgreSQL 7.1 and Red
Hat Linux 7.1, enables organizations to quickly and easily install the
solution.
·Robust transaction support for intensive computing environments.
·Advanced locking capabilities, to ensure integrity of database updates and
changes.
·Industry standard compliance, including core SQL 92 support, ODBC &
JDBC APIs for broad application integration and compatibility.
·Support for object-oriented features, such as large objects, structured
types and user-defined abstract data types (ADT) for flexibility.
·Multiple programming language support, including C/C++, PHP, Perl,
Python, Tcl/Tk, Embedded SQL (in C) for compatibility and flexibility.
·Online backup for availability and recovery of data.

Pricing and Availability

Red Hat Database is available as an annual subscription beginning at $199
per month or for a one-time charge of $2295. It includes Red Hat Database
7.1, Red Hat Linux 7.1, software CDs, documentation, Web and telephone
installation support.  It also includes Red Hat Network support and product
updates. A variety of additional support offerings are available.  Red Hat
Database is available directly from Red Hat at 866-2REDHAT and on the Web
at www.redhat.com/databasesolution.

About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat is the leader in developing, deploying and managing solutions built
on the benefits of an open source platform. These solutions include an open
source product platform that provides the only common, globally available,
and award winning Linux operating system from mainframes to embedded
devices, an e-Commerce platform, Database, Secure Web Server, High
Availability Server, and embedded Linux, eCos, and GNU-based developer
toolkit for embedded devices.  Red Hat backs up their open source offerings
with end-to-end Red Hat Professional Services that include Professional
Consulting, Engineering services, Enterprise Support services and Learning
services. This is all brought together with Red Hat Network as the
Internet-based backbone for deployment and management of  products and
services for Linux based infrastructures. 

Red Hat is headquartered 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 Gabriel Szulik at Red Hat, (919) 547-0012.

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