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Why Red Hat?

Red Hat gives you open source solutions. Red Hat Linux is completely open source, and Red Hat provides the services, support, partnerships, consulting, training and updates to fit your needs. Working together with the Linux community, Red Hat believes that open software can change the dynamics of software development.

Open Source

As a member of the Linux Development community, Red Hat contributes to Linux innovation with technology like the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM), Disk Druid partitioning tool, and GNOME. Red Hat is committed to open source and is committed to incorporating standards that adhere to open source into Red Hat Linux.

Partnerships

What's an operating system without applications? Where's the Office Suite? Where's the software you need for your server? In addition to the tons of applications like Apache, samba, sendmail and others that are included with Red Hat Linux, Red Hat also partners with companies such as Oracle, IBM, and many others to bring their applications to Linux.

In addition to partnering to bring these applications to you, Red Hat also offers you a chance to try out these applications as they become available. Packaged in the Official Red Hat Linux product is a CD-ROM with over 40 applications to sample. It is labeled "Linux Application Library" and contains software from companies like Star Division (StarOffice), Applix (Applixware Office Suite), EST (BRU Back up and Restore utility), and many others. For a complete listing of what is on the current CD, see the listing at redhat.com.

Services

<bold>Support</bold>
If you're deploying Red Hat Linux in serious environment or just need to talk to someone on the phone, Red Hat offers support services at practically every level. From pay per incident to customized support contracts, Red Hat stands behind Red Hat Linux.

<bold>Training and Certification</bold>
Whether you're an experienced Linux user wanting to become certified or just starting out and need a course in the basics, Red Hat offers a wide variety of training courses.

Wide Availability

Need to pick up the latest copy of Red Hat Linux? Prefer to buy pre-installed? If you have no money or tons of money, you have a choice of how to get Red Hat Linux. Download from ftp.redhat.com, buy from a local retailer, get a system from a local reseller, or go to one of our partners who have certified systems for Red Hat Linux. 3.jpg 3.gif yes

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