Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 11:19:34 -0400
From: Greg Smith 
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Subject: Red Hat Training Surges



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Melissa London				Bryan Scanlon or Maribel Lopez
Red Hat, Inc. (East)			Schwartz Communications for Red Hat
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RED HAT TRAINING SURGES

More than 4,000 Graduates in the Past Six Months Applaud
Red Hat’s High Value Hands-on Training and Certification Programs

Research Triangle Park, N.C.--May 31, 2000--Red Hat®, Inc. (Nasdaq:
RHAT) the leader in open source Internet infrastructure solutions, today
announced that over 4,000 engineers have completed Red Hat’s Training and
Certification program. Since the inception of formal training and certification
programs in December 1998, over 4,200 people have come through Red Hat’s
training courses including executives from Yahoo’s Broadcast.com, Solar Systems
Networks and Consolidated Telephone Co. Red Hat Services and select training
partners, including Global Knowledge and IBM Global Services, administer the
popular Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) course series, which is a hands-on,
real-world training experience that harnesses the power of Linux in the enterprise.
Red Hat training and certification is available at over 200 training centers
worldwide.

"The greatest benefit of Red Hat’s training is that it’s truly hands-on, even the
test at the course’s conclusion," said Lee Heath, technical staff for Yahoo’s
Broadcast.com and RHCE graduate. "By the end, I hadn’t just learned how to
optimize my Linux experience, but I had earned the real-life experience as well.
The RHCE course taught me about the Linux tools I needed to be more
productive, and was comprehensive and appropriately difficult."

Red Hat’s certification program is taught by experienced RHCE-trained engineers
and offers more than traditional, multiple-choice written exams and "paper
certifications." RHCE certification requires success on performance-based
practical exams, in which users actually demonstrate the ability to: install and
configure Red Hat Linux, set up common network (IP) services, and perform
essential administration, diagnostic tests and troubleshooting, among other
Internetworking and system administration tasks. Red Hat courses are available at
levels appropriate for both beginners and networking professionals looking to
migrate to open source solutions and build or expand their experience with Linux-
based operating systems.

"As a Field Manager for Solar Systems Networking, Inc., every day I analyze and
make decisions to meet my clients’ growing network infrastructure needs. By
attending Red Hat’s RHCE program I am able to confidently review my client’s
Linux needs and provide them with the best of breed decisions as well as educate
my staff," said Darrell T. McGuire, vice president of research and development for
Solar Systems Networking, Inc. and RHCE graduate. "I was impressed with the
level of human networking that Red Hat’s RHCE 300 class provided as well as
quality of information and the large attendance of excited, qualified engineers who
were eager to learn."

"At Consolidated Telephone Co., all of our servers run on Red Hat Linux. I took
Red Hat’s RHCE to learn more about Linux," said Paul Davis, manager of Internet
activities for Consolidated Telephone Co. and RHCE  graduate. "My instructor for
Red Hat’s RHCE was outstanding. He demonstrated excellent knowledge of the
material, along with the ability to convey his knowledge to his students. I would
love to learn more about Linux, and wish the class lasted longer than a week."

About the Red Hat Certified Engineer Program

Taught by RHCE-trained engineers with considerable Internetworking experience,
Red Hat’s certification program offers more than traditional, multiple-choice
written exams and "paper certifications." RHCE Certification requires success on
performance-based practical exams, in which users actually demonstrate the
ability to: install and configure Red Hat Linux, set up common network (IP)
services, and perform essential administration, diagnostic tests and
troubleshooting, among other Internetworking and systems administration tasks.
Red Hat courses are available for the entire RHCE Certification track, at levels
appropriate for both beginners and networking professionals looking to migrate to
open source solutions and build or expand their experience with Linux-based
operating systems. Red Hat Services and select training partners, including Global
Knowledge and IBM Global Services, administer the popular Red Hat Certified
Engineer (RHCE) course series.

According to IDC, IBM Global Services is the world’s largest training provider.
The first courses, including the RHCE exam, will be available at IBM Training
Centers starting in the second quarter of 2000. Information on RHCE courses is
posted at http://www.redhat.com/explore/training.html,
http://db.globalknowledge.com/catalog/catcourse.asp?cat=11
and http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/spotlight/linux.html.

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 show Linux shipments hold 24.6 percent of the server
operating system market, up from 15.8 in 1998. IDC also states 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, 36
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 Compaq, Computer
Associates, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Netscape, Novell, Oracle and SAP.

About Red Hat, Inc.

Founded in 1994, Red Hat (Nasdaq:RHAT), is the leading provider of open source
Internet infrastructure solutions, ranging from small embedded devices to high
availability clusters and Web serving.  Red Hat applies its technological leadership
to create open source solutions for Internet infrastructure and post-PC
environments, offers services backed by the best understanding of open source and
the most comprehensive resources, delivers the brand of a widely trusted open
source leader and corporate partner, and persists in an indelible commitment to the
virtues of open source to lead a revolution in the computing industry.

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

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