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( BW)(NC-RED-HAT)(RHT) Red Hat Advocates True Interoperability and Competition Business Editors/High-Tech Editors/Legal Editors RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2007--Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the following statement in favor of restoring competition following yesterday's decision by the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg in the matter of the European Commission vs. Microsoft: "Red Hat again congratulates the European Commission in yesterday's judgement from the Court of First Instance in the Microsoft matter. Access to interoperability information and the ability to provide alternative technologies are essential elements to restoring the competitive landscape of the information technology market. However, open source solutions, such as those delivered by Red Hat, are critical to this competition. "Microsoft continues to deny open source providers access to and use of the interoperability information that now clearly must be provided. Red Hat strongly encourages the Commission to take the steps required to assure rapid implementation of a remedy that gives broad and equitable access to Microsoft interoperability information to all competitors, including open source providers. Red Hat firmly believes that competition, not questionable patent and trade secret claims, drives innovation and creates greater consumer value," said Michael Cunningham, Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Red Hat. For more information about Red Hat, visit www.redhat.com . For more news, more often, visit www.press.redhat.com . About Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, the world's leading open source solutions provider, is headquartered in Raleigh, N.C. with over 50 satellite offices spanning the globe. CIOs have ranked Red Hat first for value in Enterprise Software for three consecutive years in the CIO Insight Magazine Vendor Value study. Red Hat provides high-quality, low-cost technology with its operating system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, together with applications, management and Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions, including the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite. Red Hat also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers worldwide. Learn more: . Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: risks related to the integration of acquisitions; the ability of the Company to effectively compete; the inability to adequately protect Company intellectual property and the potential for infringement or breach of license claims of or relating to third party intellectual property; risks related to data and information security vulnerabilities; ineffective management of, and control over, the Company's growth and international operations; adverse results in litigation; the dependence on key personnel as well as other factors contained in our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (copies of which may be accessed through the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at ), including those found therein under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations". In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company's views as of the date of this press release and these views could change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to the date of the press release. LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RED HAT and JBOSS are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the US and other countries CONTACT: Red Hat, Inc. Kerri Catallozzi, 919-754-4268 kcatallo@redhat.com KEYWORD: NORTH CAROLINA GERMANY INTERNATIONAL EUROPE INDUSTRY KEYWORD: SOFTWARE NETWORKING INTERNET E-COMMERCE SOURCE: Red Hat, Inc. Copyright Business Wire 2007