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From: "David Finkelstein" 
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Subject: REBOL Feature with new Release of Red Hat Linux
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 07:25:29 -0700


For Immediate Release
REBOL Internet Communications Language Featured
with New Release of Red Hat Linux

Language option in Red Hat Linux 6.1 features:
           simpler, more productive             ·            platform
independent
·            standard 'English-like' syntax   ·            small footprint

Ukiah, Calif - October 25, 1999 - REBOL Technologies today announced the
availability of REBOL/Core 2.1, the platform independent Internet
communications language, with the Red Hat Linux 6.1 Application CD.  REBOL
(Relative Expression-Based Object Language) gives Linux platform developers
a portable, scalable, and efficient language for intercommunications and
interoperability, necessary to quickly build innovative E-business
applications. The language supports almost 40 hardware platforms, including
Windows 95/98/NT, Sun Solaris, Windows CE, HP-UX and Macintosh.

An alternative to sophisticated scripting languages like Java, C++, and
PERL, REBOL provides a common data format with a clean and simple syntax for
Internet information exchange.  It was designed to enable the diverse world
of network devices-from cell phones to PCs to TV set top boxes-to
intercommunicate with applications on E-commerce servers.

"REBOL is a powerful Internet communications language that's a snap to learn
and use," says Carl Sassenrath, CEO of REBOL Technologies and the language's
principal developer.  Sassenrath wrote the highly acclaimed Amiga computer
operating system in 1985. "Early adopters like Linux developers have always
been the great innovators-responsible for the Web, email, and C++.  We see
REBOL as an excellent fit for these movers and shakers and creative thinkers
of the Internet."

According to an April 1999 market research study by International Data
Corporation, Linux commercial shipments will grow faster than the total
shipments of all other client or server operating systems through 2003.  The
study found 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 fiercely loyal users around the world.



REBOL Technologies

REBOL Technologies (http://www.rebol.com) develops, markets, and supports
REBOL, the first Internet language focusing on intercommunications and
interoperability among diverse, network-enabled devices.  REBOL/Core has
attracted over 90,000 downloads since it first became available for general
release. REBOL/Core 2.1 is packaged with Red Hat's Linux 6.1 applications
CD. The two-year-old company is based in northern California.

Red Hat ® Inc.

Red Hat, (http://www.redhat.com) based in Durham, NC, is the market-leading
Linux developer and service provider and a leader in the development of open
source operating system solutions.  Through the Linux Development model, Red
Hat development works to build the most accessible and advanced operating
system available anywhere with technical innovations such as the RPM Package
Manager, the disk druid installation tool and the GNOME user interface.  Red
Hat Linux is available for Intel®, Compaq Alpha®, and Sun SPARC® platforms.
The Official Red Hat Linux 6.1 is available in a variety of packages to
enable different users to take advantage of open source technology. All
boxed packages include an Installation Manual and Reference Guide. Red Hat
Linux 6.1 can also be downloaded from ftp://ftp.redhat.com. Available in the
U.S. and at international sites, the boxed versions can be purchased in
select retail outlets starting October 18 and can be ordered directly from
http://www.redhat.com.



For More Information, Please Contact:

Dan Stevens, Dir. Business Development
REBOL Technologies
(707) 467-8007, dan@rebol.com

David Finkelstein
Blast-Off Communications
dfinkelstein@blastoffcom.com


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