SGI to support Redhat Linux

Moutain View 04 Aug 99 SGI and Red Hat agreed to provide Red Hat Linux on SGI's products based on the Inte microprocessor architecture. Under this license, SGI will install and distribute the SGI Linux Environment with Red Hat Linux on a number of the company's new and future products.

The strategic alliance between SGI and Red Hat will ensure compatibility and reliability with all software written for the Linux® operating system, giving SGI's customers powerful enterprise computing solutions. SGI's expertise in system performance and customer support, together with Red Hat, will help make Linux a success in the corporate marketplace.

The Linux operating system is inherently stable and secure and can be used for a variety of purposes, including networking, software development and as an end-user platform. The reliability and price performance of Linux is being proven in today's IT departments for Web serving, file and print serving, database serving and software development. According to IDC, one in six servers now ships with Linux and the operating system is used by more than 15 million people. Linux is a cooperatively developed POSIX-oriented, multi-user, multi-tasking, open source operating system.

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