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- RED HAT AND DELL EXPAND PARTNERSHIP
- TO ACCELERATE LINUX SUCCESS IN CORPORATE MARKET
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- Dell First Major Systems Vendor to Factory Install Red Hat Linux on
- Corporate Systems
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- Round Rock, Texas, and Durham, N.C. - April 6, 1999 - Dell Computer
- Corporation (Nasdaq: DELL) - the world=92s leading direct systems vendor
- -
- and Red Hat=AE Software, Inc. - a leader in Linux technology and services
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- jointly announced today that Dell will factory install the Red Hat
- Linux operating system on Dell=AE PowerEdge=AE servers and Dell Precision
- (tm)
- WorkStations.
- The announcement, which expands the joint efforts of Dell and Red
- Hat to make Red Hat Linux a success in the corporate market, also makes
- Dell the first major systems vendor to offer Web ordering of systems
- with Red Hat Linux already installed. Dell said the move is a response
- to growing customer demand worldwide for systems configured with Linux.
- Dell, the leading supplier of systems to corporate America(1), al
- so
- said it plans to offer Red Hat Linux pre-installed on Dell OptiPlex
- desktop PCs during the second quarter of 1999.
- Dell and Red Hat also said that Burlington Coat Factory had
- purchased 1,250 Dell OptiPlex desktop PCs with Red Hat Linux installed.
- Through the DellPlus Custom Factory Integration program, the 1,250
- systems were configured and shipped directly to 264 Burlington Coat
- Factory locations throughout the United States. (See separate release
- for details.)
- The two companies have worked together to ensure corporate
- customers that Red Hat Linux would run and be supported on selected
- Dell systems. Today, the two companies take an additional step to make
- Red Hat Linux easier to obtain from Dell. Under the expanded
- partnership, customers at Dell=92s website can order and easily customize
- selected configurations of the Dell Precision WorkStation 410 or 610
- with Linux at http://www.dell.com/products/workstat/isv/linux.htm.
- Customers can also easily order selected Dell PowerEdge 1300 and 2300
- servers at http://www.dell.com/redhat. Dell OptiPlex desktop PCs will
- be orderable in the same easy fashion in the second quarter of 1999.
- Red Hat and Dell also announced today that their expanded
- relationship includes a minority equity investment in Red Hat by Dell.
- Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
- "Our expanded partnership with Dell represents a broad commitment
- by both companies to make Red Hat Linux a success in the corporate
- market," said Robert F. Young, co-founder and CEO of Red Hat Software.
- "Dell's powerful one-to-one relationship with its customers and its
- highly efficient, build-to-order capabilities make it tremendously easy
- for companies to choose and order Dell systems pre-configured with Red
- Hat Linux."
- "As the third largest supplier of PC systems worldwide and the
- leader in providing PC systems to the US corporate market, Dell is a
- driving force in the use and acceptance of key technologies for
- corporations worldwide," said Michael Lambert, senior vice president,
- Dell Enterprise Systems Group. "Our relationship with Red Hat, a
- leader in the delivery of Linux technology, enables us to respond to
- customers with Dell systems configured with Linux that are reliable and
- backed with the outstanding support."
- Today's announcement caps a quarter of major announcements and
- momentum for Red Hat. At last month's LinuxWorld Expo, more than 8,000
- members of the Linux community voted Red Hat a "LinuxWorld Favorite."
- InfoWorld also once again named Red Hat Linux "Product of the Year" for
- the third consecutive year.
-
- About Linux
- According to IDC Research, Linux was the fastest-growing server
- operating environment in 1998, capturing more than 17 percent of all
- server operating system shipments. More than an estimated 10 million
- users currently run the Linux operating system. Linux is the
- cooperatively developed POSIX-oriented, multi-user, multi-tasking
- operating system used worldwide. Linux is strongly differentiated from
- virtually all other operating systems because it is "open source"
- software, with the source code freely available to all users. Red Hat
- Linux is maintained by the guidelines of the Linux General Public
- License (GPL) as "freely distributable" software available from many
- sites on the Internet.
-
- About Dell
- Ranked No. 78 among the Fortune 500 companies and No. 363 in the
- Fortune Global 500, Dell Computer Corporation is the world=92s leading
- direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $18.2 billion for
- the past four quarters. Dell designs, manufactures and customizes
- products and services to customer requirements and offers an extensive
- selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its
- products can be obtained through its toll-free number 1-800-388-8542 or
- by accessing the Dell World Wide Web site at www.dell.com.
-
- About Red Hat =AE Software, Inc.
- Founded in 1994, Red Hat Software is based in Research Triangle
- Park, NC, where it is a leader in the development of open source
- software solutions. Red Hat Development builds the most accessible and
- advanced operating system available anywhere with technical innovations
- such as RPM and disk druid installation tool. Red Hat Linux is
- available for Intel=AE, Compaq Alpha=AE, and Sun SPARC=AE platforms. Red
- Hat
- Linux was named InfoWorld's Product of the Year for three years in a
- row, was given a Productivity accolade in Software Development's
- "Jolt" Awards, was named an Environment/Desktop finalist in the Ziff-
- Davis European Excellence Awards, won the editor's choice awards from
- both the Linux Journal and Australian Personal Computing magazines, and
- won the "Just Plain Cool" award from Australian Personal Computing
- magazine. For more information about Red Hat Software and Red Hat
- products and technologies, please call 1-888-REDHAT1 or visit our web
- site at http://www.redhat.com. Reviews encouraged.
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- LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RED HAT is a registered
- trademark of Red Hat Software, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of
- The Open Group. Dell, OptiPlex and PowerEdge are registered trademarks
- of Dell Computer Corporation. Dell Precision WorkStations is a
- trademark of Dell Computer Corporation. Fortune 500 is a registered
- trademark of Time Inc. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the
- marks and names of others. All other names and trademarks are the
- property of their respective owners.
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