From:	 Laura Sexton <mdulyachinda@schwartz-pr.com>
To:	 <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Jim Henson's Creature Shop Selects Red Hat
Date:	 Tue, 30 Apr 2002 09:22:31 -0400

JIM HENSON'S CREATURE SHOP (tm) SELECTS RED HAT FOR GROUNDBREAKING DIGITAL
PRODUCTION 

Henson Digital Performance Studio and Red Hat Linux to Create
Computer-Generated Characters for Movies and Video Games 

RALEIGH, N.C.--April 30, 2002--Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT), the world's
premier open source and Linux provider, today announced that Jim Henson's
Creature Shop (tm) is using the Red Hat Linux operating system to power its
award-winning Henson Digital Performance Studio (HDPS) and other digital
design projects. 

"Red Hat has provided the Creature Shop with a highly functional,
easy-to-use operating system that also happens to be the production
industry's de facto standard," said Steve Rosenbluth, control systems
designer at Jim Henson's Creature Shop. "In addition, we had no idea how
much time we could save on management until we began using Red Hat
Network. Now we spend our time getting work done rather than trying to get
our systems and applications to work." 

With HDPS, the Academy Award-winning Jim Henson's Creature Shop has created
the next generation of puppetry and computer graphics--a system that makes
a digital character as instantly performable as a puppet. The Company uses
Red Hat Linux as the operating system on both the HDPS and the animatronic
Henson Performance Control System (HPCS).

In addition, Red Hat Network is utilized for crucial updates and
management, and commercial applications certified on Red Hat Linux for its
design needs. With Red Hat Linux powering its systems, Jim Henson's
Creature Shop has completed successful design and performance work for
major motion pictures, video games, Web events and other projects.

"Jim Henson's Creature Shop is changing the way digital production works,
so it makes perfect sense that Red Hat Linux would be at the base of their
innovative systems," said Mark de Visser, vice president of marketing at
Red Hat. "We're thrilled that the company which brought us Kermit and Miss
Piggy is using Red Hat technology, and we're glad to be part of this
growing trend within the digital production industry."

The HDPS was awarded the 2001 Computerworld Honors 21st Century Achievement
Award for Media, Arts and Entertainment. For more information about Jim
Henson's Creature Shop and the HDPS, please visit www.henson.com.

About Red Hat, Inc.
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headquartered in Raleigh, 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) 754-3700.

About Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Inc.
Academy Award-winning Jim Henson's Creature Shop (tm) is one of the
pre-eminent character-building visual effects facilities serving the
international film, television and advertising industries, with a
reputation for creating memorable and moving film stars in such films as
Cats and Dogs, Babe, Lost in Space, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and
Dr. Dolittle, among others. Located in London, Los Angeles and New York,
with a subsidiary workshop in Australia, The Shop has worldwide
capabilities. A leader in digital as well as physical visual effects, The
Creature Shop is unique in its ability to provide a total service from
concept design through film production to post production. Jim Henson's
Creature Shop is a subsidiary of The Jim Henson Company.

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Red Hat, Inc.				
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