Red Hat Linux 4.1 - European Software Excellence Award Finalist

Research Triangle Park, NC -- Monday, June 16, 1997 -- Red Hat Linux 4.1, the cooperatively developed advanced desktop operating system published by Red Hat Software, Inc., was recently named a finalist for the European Software Excellence Awards. Judged by software specialists at Ziff-Davis, the leading publisher of computer journals in Europe, the awards recognize the publishers and republishers of the best software shipping over the past year in major European markets.

Red Hat shared finalist status in the Environment/Desktop category with IBM-UK Voice Type and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. "To be placed alongside such well-known names is indeed recognition that Red Hat Linux is coming of age in the industry." said Robert Young, President of Red Hat Software, Inc. "Computing professionals are more aware than ever of the advantages and benefits of freely distributable software. Red Hat Linux is proof positive that a cooperatively developed advanced operating system can offer stability, security, and innovation."

About Linux

Linux is the cooperatively developed Posix-oriented, multi-user, multi-tasking operating system used worldwide in commercial, academic, and development sectors. Linux is used as a low-cost, fully functional Unix workstation for Internet server and other applications. Linux users are estimated at five million strong and growing. Red Hat Linux, the most popular distribution of this remarkable technology, is maintained as "freely distributable" software, available from many sites on the Internet.

About Red Hat Software, Inc.

Red Hat Software, Inc., located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, builds and maintains the Red Hat Linux distribution for Intel, Alpha, and SPARC platforms. Red Hat also publishes and maintains industry standard commercial applications for Linux including OSF Motif, CDE, and the Applixware Office Suite. Red Hat products are available at software dealers, in internet and print catalogs, and directly from Red Hat Software, Inc.