RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-June 26, 2001–Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT), the leader in developing, deploying
and managing open source solutions, today announced a new suite of consulting services designed to help companies
plan and rapidly migrate key elements of their computing infrastructure to Linux and other open source solutions.Open Source Consulting and Implementation Offerings
The new open source consulting services target areas where open source technologies can greatly improve the strategic
use of IT infrastructure through more effective delivery of business requirements. Services include:

• Linux migration and integration services that help customers plan and migrate proprietary Unix-based infrastructure
  and applications to Linux.
• Open source Web infrastructure services that provide comprehensive planning and deployment of solutions based
  on open source secure Web servers, firewalls, content management applications, e-commerce and other open
  source technologies.
• Open source strategic opportunities services that enable IT executives to review and evaluate the benefits of open
  source technologies, and to explore opportunities to pilot open source solutions within their organization.

“Increasingly, global enterprises are migrating expensive, proprietary Unix systems to open source—reducing IT
overhead and the total cost of ownership,” said Brett Pinegar, Vice President/General Manager of Open Source
Consulting. “Seven years of experience deploying open source solutions places us in a unique position to impact our
customers’ bottom line.”

Supported by Additional Implementation, Training and Support Offerings
As part of Red Hat’s strategy to provide end-to-end, open source solutions, Red Hat also offers implementation, training
and support offerings centered on core Red Hat products, including operating systems, tools, network services, mail and
directory solutions and the recently announced Red Hat Database.

For more information, please visit www.redhat.com/products/consulting/opensource.

About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat is the leader in developing, deploying and managing solutions built on the benefits of an open source platform.
These solutions include an open source product platform that provides the only common, globally available, and award
winning Linux operating system from mainframes to embedded devices, an e-Commerce platform, Database, Secure Web
Server, High Availability Server, and embedded Linux, eCos, and GNU-based developer toolkit for embedded devices.
Red Hat backs up their open source offerings with end-to-end Red Hat Professional Services that include Professional
Consulting, Engineering services, Enterprise Support services and Learning services. This is all brought together with Red
Hat Network as the Internet-based backbone for deployment and management of products and services for Linux based
infrastructures.

Come meet famous open source developers and luminaries at Red Hat TechWorld, the world’s foremost open source
conference. Visit http://www.redhat-techworld.com for information on how to plan your trip to this year’s conference in
Brussels.

Red Hat is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C. and has offices worldwide. Please visit Red Hat on the Web at
www.redhat.com. For investor inquiries, contact Gabriel Szulik at Red Hat, (919) 547-0012.

Forward-Looking Statements
Forward-looking statements in this press release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release that are not strictly historical
statements, including, without limitation, management’s plans and objectives for future operations, and management’s
assessment of market factors, constitute forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and
uncertainties include, without limitation, reliance upon strategic relationships, management of growth, the possibility of
undetected software errors, the risks of economic downturns generally, and in Red Hat’s industry specifically, the risks
associated with competition and competitive pricing pressures, the viability of the Internet, and other risks detailed in Red
Hat’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which may be accessed through the SEC’s Web site
at http://www.sec.gov.

LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RED HAT is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. All other names and
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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“Trolltech has created a brand-new Non-Commercial License that will allow
Windows developers to use Qt, the cross-platform C++ GUI application development framework, at no charge. The Non-Commercial License lets developers download Qt at no charge to either evaluate the framework
before purchase, or to create software for personal use on the Microsoft Windows platform. For example, a
developer could use the Non-Commercial License to write a chat client or MP3 player. The license allows them
to use that application and even distribute it to other users. What they cannot do is charge a fee for its use.” Read the full press release at Trolltech.

In this edition of links for the Tcl developer community, check out a testimonial on productivity of working with Tcl, something about “that i18n thing,” and a call to arms for self-testing Tcl scripts. Message posted at LinuxProgramming.com.

Komodo is ActiveState’s cross-platform, multi-language integrated development environment developed on Mozilla. New features in 1.1 include PHP debugging, Tcl support, and improved performance.

“IBM Corp., NEC Corp., Hitachi Ltd. and Fujitsu Ltd.
announced in May that they would jointly enhance the Linux OS and promote ways
to introduce the results into the Open Source community.

Apparently, a huge “pressure group” has been formed in the world of Linux, the
open-source software. The four firms are in the process of adapting Linux into their
core businesses being operated at an enterprise level with needs for higher
reliability and availability.” More at Asia Biz Tech.

The White House today named its choice for director of the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy: physicist John H. Marburger, currently head of the Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory. Marburger received his Ph.D in applied physics from Stanford University, and is on leave from SUNY Stony Brook where he served in various roles including president for 14 years. Full item at Interactive Week.

Reuters: “Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, maker of
Panasonic goods, unveiled on Tuesday a compact, shock-resistant
personal computer for use at construction sites and other rugged
environments not usually suitable for PCs.

The portable PC, about the size of a tissue box, can exchange data
wirelessly at distances up to 164 feet with an 8.4-inch detachable
touch-screen display.”

ZDNet reports that Internet service provider Earthlink will raise its monthly rate for dialup customers by $2, to $21.95/month. Earthlink reps say the pricing increase — the first in over five years — is needed to cover constant service enhancements and network upgrades.

eWEEK: “Larry Ellison likes to say the battle for the enterprise database market
is over, and Oracle has won. He should meet Steve Olson, technical
engineer at Illinois Power Co., in Decatur, Ill.

Although most of Olson’s company’s core business operations run on
Oracle8i database software, he is beginning to cast glances at the
offerings of other database vendors, particularly IBM and its DB2.
Why? IBM, of Armonk, N.Y., offers a host of XML (Extensible
Markup Language) and Java links, has the key advantage of being less
expensive than Oracle, and works on the same platforms.”

Tuesday, June 26th, 2001
from the home of Wayne’s World, Aurora IL
Tonight LIVE on
www.thelinuxshow.com
At 6pm pt, 7pm mt, 8pm ct, and 9pm et…. Kevin Hill, Jeff Gerhardt, PJ
Hyett, Doc Searls(Linux Journal), and Arne Flones have what looks to be a
controversial show lined up tonight on The Linux Show!! (and yes the Loki
tribes server is up and running)
In Segment One – Hot News: We will be covering the hot Linux news of
the week. In particular, the change for the Caldera OpenLinux Workstation
3.1 that will require a “Per System” license & Linux Community infighting
and the Andy Tai “Software Wars” Map (very cool).

In Segments Two- “More Hot News:”-
Because of the week off, last week we will have lots to catch up on.

In Segments Three- The TV Linux Alliance Is this the beginning of a
new era, and end to community control, or a non-story?
We will be joined by Cathleen Collett, Senior product marketing
manager for Lineo to discuss the announcment of the creation of a new
development co-op, the TV Linux
Alliance. We will also be joind by Fran Helms a representative
from Liberate, another member firm of this new organization.

The creation of the TV Linux
Alliance and the participation in this group by Lineo, along with Sun,
Motorola and Liberate(to name but a few), should cause one to stop and take
notice. Two weeks ago we attended a press conference announcing this new
“dot org”. We went away with far more questions than when the press
conference started.

The proposed goal of the TV Linux Alliance will be to integrate the
Linux-based digital media expertise of 24 leading companies in the DTV
market. Those “leading” companies include:

ACTV, ATI Technologies, Broadcom Corporation, Concurrent Computer
Corporation, Conexant, Convergence Integrated Media, DIVA, Excite@Home,
iSurfTV, Liberate Technologies, Lineo, MontaVista, Motorola, nCUBE, OpenTV,
Pace Micro Technology, Qpass, ReplayTV, STMicroelectronics, Sun
Microsystems, TiVo, Trintech, TV Gateway and WorldGate

The hypothetical long term goal would be to align resources to bring Linux
to digital cable set-tops, and provide a means to speed the development and
deployment of robust software solutions with lower development costs. This
new organization was annouced at the Chicago NCTA Show (Cable TV Inustry
Show) on June 12, 2001. We noted that the press conference did little to
draw the crowds away from the lines at the Playboy Channel booth.

We were told during the meeting that the new alliance will define a standard
application programming interface (API) that will simplify the
implementation of TV middleware and device drivers for the Linux operating
environment, allowing network operators to select from a variety of vendors
whose offerings are interoperable with the common API. The alliance plans to
capitalize on Linux designs already underway among various founders and
harmonize early work across the industry to ensure that Linux is delivered
to the digital set-top under a common framework of evolving standards-based
specifications. Linux is a proven, stable, and robust open source operating
system with a strong developer community, making it an intelligent choice
for network operators, infrastructure providers, and hardware manufacturers.

We at TLS understand how this standard API will help people in the supplier
chain and the operators of cable networks. However there are a number of
issues here that need to be explored. First and most important, WHY is
there no participation in this group by a single existing community “dot
org” or development project. It is primarilly cable channel providers(and
wannabees). The web site seems more a marketing opportunity than the
typical “Dot Org” development site.

Plus, there a a couple of long term implications we should look at here.
This alliance has the potential of being looked back on as a
landmark toward preserving a future without digital Tyranny. But, it could
also be looked back on as a day when a major part of Linux was pulled away
from community control.

The new Linux specification developed by alliance members is expected to be
available later this year. Parties that are interested in tracking the
progress of the TV Linux Alliance or in accessing resulting specifications
should visit www.TVLinuxAlliance.org. A listing of all participating TV
Linux Alliance members and their contacts can be found at
www.TVLinuxAlliance.org

Other opinions are welcome at GeekCast. If you would like to join
us on the show, check our IRC Chat(irc.thelinuxshow.com #linuxshow).

Remember tune in at 6pm pt, 7pm mt, 8pm ct, and 9pm et.
Catch the Linux show at
www.thelinuxshow.com