Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 22:10:33 -0500 From: "Jack Velte" <jackv@earthling.net> Cc: <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: OK, here's the $10,000 question. Message-ID: <004201be5248$98bd0540$6a6c4cd1@jackv.pacbell.net>
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Friday February 5, 2:27 PM (EST) Red Hat Designates Dell Systems as Certified and Compatible With Red Hat Linux RESEARCH TRIANGLE, N.C. (Feb. 5) BUSINESS WIRE -Feb. 5, 1999-- No. 1 Personal Workstation Supplier Worldwide, Second Largest Supplier of Servers in the U.S. Offers Online Sales of Retail Version of Red Hat Linux Red Hat(R) Software, Inc. announced today that it has designated selected server and workstation configurations from Dell(R) Computer Corporation (Nasdaq:DELL), the leading direct systems vendor worldwide, as certified and compatible with Red Hat Linux. Information on today's announcement can be found at http://www.redhat.com/partners/dell . Red Hat has awarded Hardware Certification to selected configurations of the Dell PowerEdge(R) 1300 and 2300 servers. With today's announcement, PowerEdge server customers in the United States can now obtain the retail version of Red Hat Linux 5.2 in four ways: online from Dell through its DellWare(tm) procurement service, through Red Hat, through any Red Hat Linux authorized reseller, or by purchasing a server from Dell and having the software factory-installed through its DellPlus(tm) Custom Factory Integration program. More information on the certified configurations of Dell PowerEdge servers can be found at http://www.dell.com/products/poweredge/linux/index.htm . The company also awarded selected configurations of the Dell Precision(tm) WorkStation 410 and 610 as compatible with the Red Hat Linux operating system. In the United States, Dell Precision WorkStation customers will be able to purchase workstations from Dell and have Red Hat Linux pre-installed through its DellPlus Custom Factory Integration program. More information on the compatible Dell Precision WorkStation configurations and ordering information can be found at http://www.dell.com/products/workstat/ISV/linux.htm . More than 10 million users currently run the Linux operating system. 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. "Dell's build-to-order business model, strong Internet presence, and direct relationship with customers are perfect complements to the development model of the Linux operating system," said Bob Young, CEO, Red Hat Software. "The certification of Dell's popular workstation and server lines, combined with the company's emphasis on performance and quality, will deliver Red Hat Linux users a highly-reliable, established solution for corporate computing." "Through our DellPlus Custom Factory Integration program, we have been offering Red Hat Linux pre-installed to customer specification for some time and will continue to do that," said Mike Lambert, senior vice president of Dell's Enterprise Systems Group. "With this announcement, customers will have increased certainty that Red Hat Linux runs well on our Dell Precision WorkStations and PowerEdge servers. We're working with Red Hat to ensure customers around the world receive additional value and reliability when they choose to run Red Hat Linux on Dell systems." About Linux 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. Unlike binary-only operating systems that restrict access to the source code, Linux benefits from a worldwide community of highly experienced programmers and technically savvy academics who have the access to enhance and improve the system. Linux is used as an exceptional-value, fully functional UNIX workstation for Internet servers and other applications. Red Hat Linux is maintained as "freely distributable" software available from many sites on the Internet. About Red Hat (R) 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. Red Hat Linux for Intel(R), DEC Alpha(tm), and Sun SPARC(R) platforms continues to gain recognition in the computer industry. From 1996 to the present, Red Hat Linux was twice named InfoWorld's Product of the Year, 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. 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. 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. INTEL is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. Products bearing the SPARC trademarks are based on an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. ALPHA is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation. -0- sb/bos* CONTACT: Dell Precision WorkStations Jon Weisblatt phone: (512) 728-1226 fax: (512) 723-6247 pager: (800) 476-3700, PIN 140-0912 or Schwartz Communications for Red Hat Bryan Scanlon or Jennifer Aprile (781) 684-0770 redhat@schwartz-pr.com KEYWORD: NORTH CAROLINA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: http://www.businesswire.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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