Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:57:55 -0500
To: <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: New Economy Internet Companies Embrace Red Hat Linux for Oracle 8i


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For more information:
Melissa London                           Bryan Scanlon/Christina Guilbert
Red Hat, Inc.                              Schwartz Communications for Red Hat
(919) 547-0012                            (781) 684-0770
melissa@redhat.com                   redhat@schwartz-pr.com

NEW ECONOMY INTERNET COMPANIES EMBRACE RED HAT
LINUX FOR ORACLE 8i

Red Hat Linux Chosen for its Integration with Oracle Databases and Ability to
Increase Operation Speeds

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--November 28, 2000--Red Hat, Inc.
(Nasdaq:RHAT) the leader in developing, deploying and managing open source
Internet infrastructure solutions, today announced that new economy companies
are using Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition for Oracle 8i?. eDelights.com,
Empower IT, Inc., Idaho Medicade, Internection, Pace Analytical Services, Inc.,
Really Easy Internet and StreetZebra.com all leverage Red Hat Linux Enterprise
Edition for Oracle 8i to optimize performance and usability improvements for
their enterprise-class database operations. For more information on what these
companies and others are saying about Oracle on Red Hat Linux, please visit
http://success.redhat.com.

Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition for Oracle 8i is an optimized, certified
version of Red Hat's award-winning open source operating system. It includes
the Red Hat Linux OS, with fully open source kernel and system-level
optimizations for running I/O-intensive database applications as well as
usability and installation enhancements, featuring a fully supported, certified
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Motif 2.1.

"Oracle selected Red Hat Linux because of our leadership in the industry and
ability to improve enterprise-class database operations," said Paul McNamara,
vice president, products & platforms at Red Hat. "As one of the first major
database vendors to embrace Linux, Oracle has proven to be the database of
choice. Together we deliver a solution that offers enhanced performance and
usability that e-businesses require to manage their mission-critical enterprise
applications."

Enterprise Edition is designed for deployment on production database servers
and includes an annual system support contract, as well as annual OS
maintenance and updates. Expert Red Hat support and OS maintenance help ensure
that production databases are updated and supported year-round, providing
maximum reliability.  Server support provides for unlimited incidents over a
12-month period, and offers resources for problem determination by both Oracle
and Red Hat.

Pricing and Availability

Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition Optimized for Oracle 8i is available through
Compaq's and Red Hat's value-added distribution channels, including
Keylink/Pioneer (www.keylink.pios.com) and Hallmark/AVNet
(www.hallmark.avnet.com). Available in the U.S. and internationally, the
enterprise edition can be purchased through value-added distribution and can be
ordered directly from www.redhat.com or by calling (800) 884-9842 or (919) 547-
0012.

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 holds 50.2 percent of Linux vendor market share and 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, 30
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 Dell, Compaq, Computer
Associates, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Netscape, Novell, Oracle and SAP.

Red Hat, Inc.

Founded in 1994, Red Hat (Nasdaq:RHAT), is the leader in development,
deployment and management of Linux and open source solutions for Internet
infrastructure ranging from small embedded devices to high availability clusters
and secure Web servers. In addition to the award-winning Red Hat Linux server
operating system, Red Hat is the principle provider of GNU-based developer tools
and support solutions for a wide variety of embedded processors. Red Hat
provides run-time solutions, developer tools, Linux kernel expertise and offers
support and engineering services to organizations in all embedded and Linux
markets.

Red Hat applies its technological leadership to create open source solutions
for all points on the Internet and in pervasive computing environments, offers
services backed by the best understanding of open source and the most
comprehensive resources, and delivers the brand of a widely trusted open source
leader and corporate partner. Red Hat offers users one single, trusted point of
contact and a common platform for developing, deploying and managing open
source across the Internet and devices that connect to the Internet.

Red Hat is based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. and has offices worldwide.
Please visit Red Hat on the Web at www.redhat.com.

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