From: tmorrish@sales-server.orbitsw.com
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:42:12 -0700
To: <corbet@eklektix.com>
Subject: Re[2]: Press Release


ORBiT Announces Developer Partnership with Red Hat

DANVILLE, Calif. - October 18, 1999 - Backup specialist ORBiT Software
today announced a developer partnership with Red Hat, Inc., the leading
developer and provider of open source software solutions.  With this
partnership, ORBiT joins Red Hat's Developer Partners Program.  ORBiT's
Linux backup solution, UNiBACK for Linux, is included on the application CD
with Red Hat's 6.1 release, shipping today.

About Red HatŪ, Inc.

Founded in 1994, Red Hat is the market leader in open source operating
system (OS) software and services.  Along with its award winning open
source Red Hat Linux OS, Red Hat offers a full line of services, including
telephone support, on-site consulting, developer training, certification
programs and priority access updates, making Red Hat a leading and complete
resource for knowledgeable, innovative, mission-critical open source
solutions.

According to market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC),
Linux commercial shipments will grow faster than the total shipments of all
other client or server OS systems through 2003.  IDC research also states
that Linux was the fastest-growing server operating environment in 1998,
growing more than 212 percent in that year alone and capturing more than 17
percent of all server operating system shipments.  Today, Linux boasts more
than 10 million users worldwide.

About ORBiT Software and UNiBACK

ORBiT is recognized by its many customers and by Hewlett-Packard as a
specialist in providing Data Protection and High Availability solutions to
commercial and non-commercial organizations that cannot afford data loss or
application downtime.  ORBiT is the creator of the leading backup package
for HP3000 computers and the inventor of the online backup capability known
as live or hot backup.  UNiBACK is ORBiT's fast, easy and reliable UNIX and
Linux backup solution.  ORBiT can be found on the web at www.orbitsw.com

According to Paul Meszaros, President of ORBiT USA, "Red Hat is clearly the
biggest player in open source distribution.  Their name recognition is
surpassed only by their reputation for quality products and services.  We
couldn't be happier that they've chosen UNiBACK as a preferred backup
solution, and we anticipate a long and profitable relationship."

Look for UNiBACK for Linux on the Workstation Edition CD of the Linux
Application Library coming out with Official Red Hat Linux 6.1 Deluxe and
Professional versions.  Red Hat Linux 6.1 may be purchased online via the
Red Hat Store (https://store.redhat.com/commerce/).  UNiBACK for Linux may
be purchased directly from ORBiT's web site at
http://www.orbitsw.com/USA/store.html.

For more information on ORBiT Software or to purchase a copy of UNiBACK for
Linux, please contact Todd Morrish.

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PRESS CONTACTS:

Todd Morrish
ORBiT Software
TMorrish@ORBiTsw.com
1-800-89-ORBiT

Red Hat Team
Schwartz Communications
RedHat@Schwartz-pr.com
781-684-0770