Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (Taroon) is now available

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Leading Hardware and Software Vendors Announce Support and Availability
of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

Red Hat's position in the Datacenter is solidified with latest release.

RALEIGH, NC - October 22, 2003 - Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT), the
world's premier open source software provider, today announced a major
milestone in the company's long-term strategy of delivering an Open
Source Architecture to the enterprise. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is now
available supporting a greatly increased range of IT deployments and
spanning seven hardware architectures. Emphasizing scalability,
performance and extended system coverage, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
provides a stable operating system platform that enables customers to
realize the benefits of open source solutions across their complete
computing infrastructure - from the desktop to the largest server. 

"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 marks a significant achievement in the
maturation of open source," said Paul Cormier, Executive Vice president
of Engineering at Red Hat. "This release will act as the unifying
platform, and will support seven hardware architectures for both client
and server deployments. Red Hat Enterprise Linux has gained the
reputation as the de facto enterprise Linux standard. This second
generation solution from Red Hat will strengthen Red Hat's global
foothold in the enterprise and eliminate the need for proprietary Unix."

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 was developed in close collaboration with
customers, hardware manufacturers and software partners with a focus on
performance, scalability, and the support of a secure, consistent
enterprise-wide platform. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 includes numerous
features providing a potent combination of the latest technical features
and enterprise stability:

* Native Posix Threading Library provides significant performance
  improvement for multi-threading applications.
* Scalability improvements include support for larger SMP, 
  memory and I/O configurations.
* Single code base improves code stability, maintainability and
  security.
* Supported hardware architectures include Intel x86 and Itanium,
  AMD AMD64, IBM zSeries, iSeries , pSeries, and S/390.

Adecco USA is the nation's largest staffing and HR solutions company,
with 1,300 offices serving 70,000 clients and 130,000 temporary
employees each week. "Adecco's back office manages more than one-half
million employees annually, so we are continuously seeking improvements
in performance, reliability and scalability," said Joseph Pagliaccio,
Director of Enterprise Systems for Adecco USA. "Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3's support of additional addressable memory now has the potential to
deliver savings and improve performance in our enterprise database
server infrastructure."

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is available now as part of an annual
subscription that includes Red Hat Network and services. Current Red Hat
Enterprise Linux subscribers can upgrade now via Red Hat Network. Red
Hat OEM partners will deliver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 AS, ES and WS
in pre-configured hardware solutions in the next 30-60 days. Several
leading ISV applications are already available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3 and others have committed to be available in the near term. For
more information please visit http://www.redhat.com for more information
or call 866-2-REDHAT, extension 45009.

Industry Support

AMD
"Systems based on AMD Opteron(tm) and AMD Athlon(tm) processors running
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 deliver high performance computing to run
mission-critical applications in the data center and on the desktop,"
said Marty Seyer, vice president and general manager of AMD's
Microprocessor Business Unit. "Today and tomorrow, AMD and Red Hat
deliver performance, scalability and value to our customers. With AMD64
technology, AMD and Red Hat deliver a dynamic 64-bit computing
environment that delivers native, high-performance 32-bit and powerful
64-bit applications."

BEA
"Linux has emerged as BEA's fastest growing deployment operating system
platform," said Bob Griswold, vice president and general manager, Java
Runtime Products Group, at BEA Systems. "BEA and Red Hat are working
closely together- through engineering collaboration, joint solutions and
joint support offerings- to optimize, bring to market and support the
industry's leading J2EE on enterprise Linux. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
is an important part of our partnership and offers continued advancement
in performance, reliability and quality."

Dell
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 on Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell Precision
workstations extends the performance, reliability and cost benefits of
standardized, open architectures over proprietary platforms in the
Datacenter," said Pete Morowski, vice president of software, Dell
Product Group. "The Dell-Red Hat One Source Alliance makes it easy for
customers to purchase or upgrade their Red Hat environment, taking full
advantage of new capabilities, such as enhanced performance and expanded
memory. "

Fujitsu
"The launch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is great news for our
customers," said Akira Yamanaka, Group President of Server Systems Group
at Fujitsu. "Red Hat and Fujitsu are cooperating together to reinforce
Linux functionality, focusing on enterprise areas. In the course of such
efforts, we are pleased to make this release part of our reliable
offering to deliver to enterprise customers."

Hitachi
"Hitachi, Ltd. welcomes the announcement from Red Hat, Inc. of the
release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, based on the latest technology,"
Katsuya Takanashi, Executive General Manager of Software Division,
Hitachi, Ltd. "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 has been enhanced for
enterprise usage, and Hitachi, Ltd. expects that the announcement of
this product will enlarge the Linux enterprise market."

HP
"HP is bringing the powerful and flexible Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
platform to enterprise customers on leading HP industry-standard
solutions," said Martin Fink, vice president of Linux, HP Enterprise
Storage and Servers. "HP is delivering on its commitment to put
customers first, offering them solutions with the best price and
performance available on the market today."

IBM
"Customers are demanding a solution broad enough to cover the entire
computing space. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is getting us closer to that
goal," said Jim Stallings, general manager of Linux at IBM. "Customers
recognize that a standards-based platform will save them time, money and
improve productivity from workstations and file and print, to clusters
and the datacenter. Customers are anticipating this release, and IBM
welcomes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 to the marketplace."

Intel
'Intel offers the industry's most pervasive, flexible and cost effective
platforms for enterprise based on a choice of operating systems,
including Linux. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 takes advantage of the
increased cache available on Intel Itanium-based servers to improve the
performance of enterprise computing solutions," said Richard Wirt,
senior fellow and General Manager, Software and Solutions Group, Intel
Corporation. " IT departments need performance but they also want
scalable, manageable and reliable enterprise solutions. Intel Xeon
processor and Itanium2 processor-based servers running Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3 provide these capabilities."

NEC
"NEC and Red Hat have been working together closely to provide global
enterprise customers with Red Hat Enterprise Linux on NEC Express 5800
and TX7 servers," said Yasuo Iwaoka, Executive General Manager,
Computers Software Operations Unit, NEC Corporation. "The enhanced
functionality of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 will provide an even more
powerful solution to the enterprise. We are excited to expand the global
enterprise market with Red Hat."

Oracle
"Oracle and Red Hat continue to deliver on our deep commitment to enable
low cost, standards-based computing infrastructure for customers," said
Dave Dargo, vice president, Linux Program Office at Oracle. "With Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 3 we offer our joint customers a fully tested,
optimized and certified platform to run their mission critical systems,
along with a single point of support, that helps ensure the highest
level of service from day one."

Rackspace
"The release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is a critical milestone in
the overall strategy of providing Fanatical Support™ to Rackspace
customers." said Dirk Elmendorf, Chief Technology Evangelist, Rackspace
Managed Hosting. "The introduction of a standard 64-bit distribution
will enable us to offer solutions that scale even further for those
enterprise customers that require a higher level of computing power for
their business applications. The integration of Red Hat Network provides
us with a flexible, scalable and cost-effective opportunity to enhance
our level of service for our Linux customers."

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