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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--June 27, 2000--Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM),
a global leader in data management solutions, today
announced it has signed a development support agreement
with Red Hat(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:RHAT) to develop Linux(R)
support for Iomega drives in future versions of the
company's IomegaWare software.
"Linux is one of the fastest growing operating
systems in the server marketplace and we know that it's
extremely important that we service the growing Linux
community," said Germaine Ward, vice president
of software solutions, Iomega Corporation. "Our
agreement with Red Hat will help us provide native support
of Iomega drives on Linux machines and make our products
easy to use in the Linux environment."
Users can test a pre-release version of the Linux(R)
platform driver software and submit comments and questions
to Iomega. To download the driver software, users can
visit Iomega's web site at www.iomega.com/software.
Red Hat's Client Services Group, the industry's largest
source of custom Open Source development expertise,
will provide the development support to Iomega. The
Client Services Group provides custom engineering services
to top companies worldwide, helping them quickly create
and deploy next-generation Internet infrastructure solutions,
including appliances, hand-helds and other post-PC and
deeply embedded devices.
About Red Hat, Inc.
Founded in 1994, Red Hat (NASDAQ:RHAT),
is the leading provider of open source Internet infrastructure
solutions, ranging from small embedded devices to high
availability clusters and Web serving. Red Hat applies
its technological leadership to create open source solutions
for Internet infrastructure and post-PC environments,
offers services backed by the best understanding of
open source and the most comprehensive resources, delivers
the brand of a widely trusted open source leader and
corporate partner, and persists in an indelible commitment
to the virtues of open source to lead a revolution in
the computing industry. Red Hat is based in Research
Triangle Park, N.C. and has offices worldwide.
Visit Red Hat on the Web at www.redhat.com. For investor
inquiries, contact Lippert/Heilshorn at (212) 838-3777.
About Iomega
Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM) manufactures
and markets the award-winning Zip(R), Jaz(R) and Clik!(TM)
drives and disks and markets the ZipCD(TM) CD-RW drives
and discs. Iomega's products help people to save, share,
manage and create important information such as spreadsheets,
slides, Internet downloads, audio files and personal
photographs, while helping protect that content from
viruses and hackers. Used in homes, businesses, government
and educational facilities and by creative professionals
everywhere, Iomega storage solutions are the enabling
technologies preferred by millions. The Company can
be reached at 1-800-MY-STUFF (800-697-8833), or on the
Web at http://www.iomega.com.
Special note:
Statements contained in this release
relating to Iomega's plans to develop and/or support
the software platforms mentioned in this release and
the expected availability and functionality of these
new products are forward-looking statements. There are
a number of important factors that could cause actual
events to differ materially from those indicated by
such forward-looking statements, including market acceptance
of, and demand for, these new products and Iomega's
existing products, manufacturing issues, including component
availability and pricing, development and distribution
issues, product pricing and conformity to specifications,
competition, intellectual property rights and other
risks as identified in Iomega's Annual Report to Stockholders
for 1999 on Form 10-K, and its most recent quarterly
reports filed with the SEC.
Copyright (c) 2000 Iomega Corporation.
Iomega, Zip, Jaz, Clik! and ZipCD are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Iomega Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries. Certain other
product names, brand names and company names may be
trademarks or designations of their respective owners.
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