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2001-12-07 09:57:00 +00:00
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<a href="../index.html">Home</a> :
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2001-12-07 09:57:00 +00:00
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<a href="../organization.html">Organization</a> :
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<a href="../documentation.html">Documentation</a> :
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<a href="../membership.html">Membership</a> :
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<h3 align="center">Red Hat Joins Industry Vendors as a Founding Member of the GNOME Foundation</h2>
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Foundation to Reinforce and Advance GNOME as the World's Leading Open-source Desktop Environment
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-August 15, 2000-Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT),
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the leader in open source Internet infrastructure solutions, today
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announced it has joined the GNOME project and top industry vendors
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including Compaq, Eazel, Helix Code, IBM, Sun Microsystems and VA Linux
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Systems to form the GNOME Foundation, a non-profit, unified group of
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vendors and individuals dedicated to advancing the use and extending the
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capabilities of the popular GNOME graphical user environment.
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<br><br>
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The GNOME (GNU Network Object Modeling Environment) project is an open
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source, GUI-based user interface for Linux designed to run on all modern
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versions of UNIX-like operating systems. Since its development, GNOME has
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quickly become one of the world's leading, free and simple desktop
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environments.
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<br><br>
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Red Hat will assist the GNOME Foundation in leading the technical
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direction of the continuing GNOME project, offering forums for industry
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leaders to contribute to GNOME and in promoting the benefits of GNOME. The
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GNOME Foundation will provide organizational and financial support for
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GNOME and related open source projects.
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"Red Hat has played an integral part in the development of code and
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support for GNOME," said Bob Young, chairman and co-founder of Red Hat,
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Inc. "As one of the key founders of the GNOME Foundation, Red Hat is
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dedicated to working with others in advancing this powerful application
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framework and promoting it as the desktop environment of the future."
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<br><br>
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<b>About the GNOME Foundation</b>
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The GNOME Foundation provides organizational, financial and legal support
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to the GNOME project. The foundation will help determine the vision and
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roadmap for GNOME. It will also assist in creating technical standards,
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coordinate GNOME releases, and determine which software projects are part
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of GNOME. The foundation will make public statements and administer funds
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on behalf of the GNOME project. The Foundation will be incorporated as a
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membership-based, not-for-profit corporation.
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<br><br>
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You are invited to participate in the GNOME Foundation. We welcome
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contributions in many forms. Our membership consists of those individuals
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who have demonstrated a commitment to the development of GNOME through
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participation in the development, documentation and promotion of GNOME.
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The Advisory Board provides a vehicle for organizations and companies to
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communicate with the GNOME community and support GNOME. Additional
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information is available at: http://www.gnome.org.
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Joining Red Hat in the GNOME Foundation is Collab.net, Compaq, Debian,
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Eazel, Free Software Foundation, Gnumatic, Helix Code, Henzai, Inc., IBM,
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Sun Microsystems, and VA Linux Systems.
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<b>Open source momentum</b>
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International Data Corp. (IDC) research states that paid Linux shipments
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grew faster than any other server operating system over the past two
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years, and their preliminary figures for 1999 show Linux shipments hold
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24.6 percent of the server operating system market, up from 15.8 in 1998.
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IDC also states that Red Hat Linux is by far the most popular
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distribution, preferred by 68.7 percent of U.S. Linux users.
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Research firm Netcraft, Inc. (www.netcraft.com), states that as of May
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2000, 36 percent of all public Web sites run on Linux-based operating
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systems, making Linux the most popular choice for deploying public Web
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sites. IDC research shows 40 percent of all spending on Linux servers is
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for Internet related applications, firmly entrenching Linux servers in the
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Internet infrastructure.
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Finally, IDC predicts that by 2002, there will be more than 55 million
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handheld and notebook-style information appliance devices and that by
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2005, shipments of these appliances will exceed shipments of PCs.
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Red Hat's numerous alliances with industry leaders and the demand for
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Linux-based applications has created open source support from many of the
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industry's leading software and hardware manufacturers, including Compaq,
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Computer Associates, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Netscape, Novell,
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Oracle and SAP.
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<br><br>
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<b>About Red Hat, Inc.</b>
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Founded in 1994, Red Hat (Nasdaq:RHAT) is the leading provider of open
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source Internet infrastructure solutions, ranging from small embedded
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devices to high availability clusters and Web serving. Red Hat applies its
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technological leadership to create open source solutions for Internet
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infrastructure and post-PC environments, offers services backed by the
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best understanding of open source and the most comprehensive resources,
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delivers the brand of a widely trusted open source leader and corporate
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partner, and persists in an indelible commitment to the virtues of open
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source to lead a revolution in the computing industry.
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Red Hat, Inc. is based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. and has offices
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worldwide. Visit Red Hat on the Web at www.redhat.com. For investor
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inquiries, contact Lippert/Heilshorn at (212) 838-3777.
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Red Hat Europe was established in July 1999 with its European headquarters
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based in Surrey, United Kingdom and offices throughout Europe.
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<b>Forward-looking statements</b>
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Forward-looking statements in this press release are made pursuant to the
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safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
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1934. Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release that
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are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation,
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management's plans and objectives for future operations and management's
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assessment of market factors, constitute forward-looking statements which
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involve risks and uncertainties.These risks and uncertainties include,
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without limitation, product plans and performance, the ability to continue
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to develop the Linux kernel and other software, reliance upon strategic
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relationships, Red Hat's dependence upon an open source business model,
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reliance upon independent third-party Linux developers, management of
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growth, expansion of Red Hat's business focus and operations, the
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possibility of undetected software errors, the enforceability of the GNU
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General Public License and other licenses under which Red Hat's products
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are developed and licensed, the scarcity of Linux-based applications, the
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risks of economic downturns generally, and in Red Hat's industry
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specifically, the risks associated with competition and competitive
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pricing pressures, the viability of the Internet, and other risks detailed
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in Red Hat's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies
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of which may be accessed through the SEC's Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
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and was designed by <a href="mailto:jpsc@users.sourceforge.net">JP
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Schnapper-Casteras</a> and <a href="mailto:bart@eazel.com">Bart Decrem</a>.</font></center>
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