From:	 Maribel Lopez <jlewis@schwartz-pr.com>
To:	 <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: HP, RED HAT PROVIDE SELECTED UNIVERSITIES WORLDWIDE WITH
GRANTS OF RED HAT LINUX SOFTWARE 
Date:	 Tue, 6 Nov 2001 14:55:03 -0500

HP, RED HAT PROVIDE SELECTED UNIVERSITIES WORLDWIDE WITH GRANTS OF RED HAT
LINUX SOFTWARE 

PALO ALTO, Calif. and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.,-- Nov. 6, 2001 --
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HWP) and Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT) today
announced that Red Hat Linux software will be donated to selected
universities as part of HP and Intel Corporation's Itanium-based Systems
Grants program. 

Red Hat Linux 7.1 operating system will be provided to the 40 universities
that received grants from the program. Red Hat also will provide those
universities with a one-year subscription to Red Hat Network, an open
source information and software service. 

"HP is pleased to work with Red Hat to provide grant recipients with key
enabling technology for Linux research, which will also extend the
deployment of open systems," said Martin Fink, general manager, HP Linux
Systems Operation. "This research should significantly advance Linux on the
Itanium architecture -- unlocking the potential of this technology and
ultimately benefiting HP customers." 

Announced in September, the HP and Intel Itanium-based Systems Grant
Program is a $2.5 million joint effort between HP and Intel in which HP
servers and workstations based on the Itanium processor are donated to
selected universities. The universities plan to use the systems in research
areas ranging from bio-informatics and neural networks to compilers and
cluster computing to computational science and scientific data mining. 

HP and Red Hat are augmenting the program with donations of Red Hat Linux
software to support the deployment of open source software in educational
environments. By making the grant resources available to university
researchers, HP and Red Hat hope to accelerate the development of
next-generation Linux applications for Itanium-based systems. 

"Open source software demonstrates another dimension of its flexibility
when used in an educational environment," said Michael Tiemann, chief
technology officer, Red Hat. "Along with cost-of-ownership and IT security
advantages for the universities, open source software provides a tremendous
platform for academic research that can further advance the applications of
Linux." 

"Illinois is honored to have the opportunity to take part in the
Itanium-based Systems Grants Program. HP, Intel and Red Hat are providing
an ideal technological engine for our planned research," said Professor
Wen-Mei Hwu of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. "This grant
will enable us to accelerate our research in code optimizations and
operating system performance and, in turn, make Itanium-based systems and
Linux even more powerful solutions in the research community." 

About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat is the leader in developing, deploying and managing solutions built
on the benefits of an open source platform. The open source platform
includes the Red Hat Linux operating system for mainframes, servers,
workstations and embedded devices, GNUPro tools for developers, database,
e-Commerce, secure Web server, high availability server and run-time
solutions like eCos and RedBoot. For this platform, Red Hat provides
end-to-end professional services including Professional Consulting,
Engineering services, Technical Support services, and Global Learning
services. Red Hat Network is the premier Internet-based service that
simplifies and integrates the deployment and management of these
offers. More information about Red Hat is available at www.redhat.com. Red
Hat is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C. and has offices
worldwide. For investor inquiries, contact Gabriel Szulik at Red Hat,
 +1 919 547 0012 ext. 439. 

About HP
Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and
imaging solutions and services -- is focused on making technology and its
benefits accessible to all. HP had total revenue from continuing operations
of $48.8 billion in its 2000 fiscal	year. Information about HP and its
products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. 

# # #

Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel
Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other
countries. 

LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.

RED HAT is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc.


For more information:

Jean Shimoguchi, HP				
1+ 408 873 5125						
jean_shimoguchi@hp.com					
									
Karen Robinson				
Weber Shandwick for HP			
1 + 617 520 7281				
krobinson@webershandwick.com		

Melissa London, Red Hat	
1 + 919 547 0012
melissa@redhat.com

Maribel Lopez
Schwartz Communications for Red Hat
1 + 781 684-0770
redhat@schwartz-pr.com