From:	 Maribel Lopez <jlewis@schwartz-pr.com>
To:	 <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Red Hat and Compaq Announce Port of Red Hat Linux to Compaq's Alpha Processors
Date:	 Tue, 8 Jan 2002 09:23:46 -0500

RED HAT AND COMPAQ ANNOUNCE PORT OF RED HAT LINUX 7.2 TO COMPAQ'S ALPHA
PROCESSORS

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC -- January 8, 2002 --  Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:
RHAT), announced today the port of Red Hat Linux 7.2 to Compaq Computer
Corporation's (NYSE: CPQ) Alpha Processors with a target availability of Q1
2002.   The Alpha port will support the same features as those found in the
recently released Red Hat Linux 7.2.

"Compaq's AlphaServer platform is a popular RISC 64-bit platform in the Linux
community, and Red Hat is glad to be continuing its long-time collaboration
with Compaq with this upcoming release," said Paul Cormier, VP of
Engineering, Red Hat, Inc. "We see this association as an integral part of
our strategy to deliver capabilities for the most challenging computing
applications in the enterprise and in high performance computing."

"Compaq is committed to coupling our high-availability AlphaServers systems
and industry-standard ProLiant servers with leading software, such as Red Hat
7.2, to offer our customers a broad range of server and software solutions
that support the right Linux operating environment for their business," said
Bill Blake, vice president of High Performance Technical Computing for Compaq
Computer Corporation. "Red Hat Linux 7.2 delivers the latest kernel
enhancements for performance and stability valued by the high performance
cluster customers that run Compaq's AlphaServer-based Linux clusters."

The port of Red Hat Linux 7.2 for the Alpha processor will be available
direct from Compaq at www.compaq.com in Q1 2002.  Red Hat Linux 7.2 is also
supported on industry-standard Compaq ProLiantTM servers, as well as Compaq
workstations and desktops.

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Park, N.C. and has offices worldwide. For investor inquiries, contact Gabriel
Szulik at Red Hat, (919) 547-0012, x439.

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For more information:
Melissa London					
Red Hat, Inc.						
(919) 547-0012					
melissa@redhat.com					

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