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["Stephen Adler" <adler ssadler phy bnl gov>]

FYI

For Immediate Release

Objectivity Delivers Support for Red Hat's Linux

Objectivity Broadens Platform Choice For Objectivity/DB High-end Object
Database

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, (October 19, 1998) - - - Objectivity, Inc.,
the leading provider of distributed, scalable object databases for
solutions providers, announced support for its flagship product,
Objectivity/DB, on Red Hat Software's version of the Linux operating
system. This move will provide the rapidly growing Linux user community
with access to Objectivity's robust, scalable database engine for high
performance, high availability applications.

In many application areas, Linux, the cooperatively developed, open
source OS is a popular alternative to WindowsNT among software
developers. In addition to providing all of the features of a full-
fledged operating system, Linux is the only alternative operating system
growing in market share, according to Datapro Information Services. More
information about Linux is available at http://www.linux.org and
http://www.redhat.com.

The initial version of the Objectivity Linux interface will support the
C++ programming language and was developed as a collaboration between
Brookhaven National Laboratory and Objectivity. Brookhaven developed and
tested the Linux port, and Objectivity will add new features and provide
support in future releases of Objectivity/DB. Objectivity's Linux
interface is available for evaluation now with Red Hat's version 5.0 of
Linux using the gcc compiler. Support of newer Red Hat versions and the
egcs compiler are expected around the end of the year.

"Objectivity/DB's Linux interface will enable Linux developers to fully
leverage Objectivity's scalability, reliability and flexibility to
deploy high-end, mission critical applications with unparalleled
performance at the lowest possible cost. One example is the Linux 'farm'
of 1,000 processors, used collectively to evaluate the results of high
energy physics experiments run at Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion
Collider. The approach being taken would not have been economically
viable without Objectivity/DB and Red Hat Linux," according to Dave
Stampf, a computer analyst at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

"This support was prompted by a growing number of requests from
Objectivity's scientific, commercial and enterprise customers,"
according to David Caplan, president and CEO of Objectivity. "The use of
Linux for complex, high-reliability applications means the built- in
capabilities of Objectivity/DB will become critical to their success."

"Support of companies like Objectivity absolutely adds validity to the
Linux OS in the enterprise space," said Robert Young, president and CEO
of Red Hat Software, Inc. "The value is in the mission critical
applications that Objectivity/DB brings to Linux."

More About Red Hat. Software, Inc.

Founded in 1994, Red Hat Software is based in Research Triangle Park,
NC, where it builds and maintains the award-winning Red Hat Linux
operating system. Working in cooperation with a huge development team of
research, academic, and commercial software developers over the
Internet, Red Hat's goal is to build the most accessible and advanced
operating system available anywhere.

More About Objectivity, Inc.

Objectivity, Inc. is the leading provider of distributed, scalable
object databases with unrivaled support for mixed language development
and mixed-hardware environments. Objectivity boosts developer
productivity, shortens time to market, and provides the ideal platform
for mission-critical applications requiring continuous performance and
adaptability to future technologies.

Objectivity, Inc. is headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA.
For more information contact Objectivity by email at
info objectivity com, on the World Wide Web at
http://www.objectivity.com or by calling 650-254-7100.

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