Red Hat Software, Inc.



Company name:	Red Hat Software, Inc.
Phone:	919-572-6500 or 1-888-redhat1
Fax:	919-547-0024
E-Mail:	redhat@redhat.com
WWW URL:	http://www.redhat.com

Red Hat Software is a computer software development company that sells products and provides services related to Linux. Red Hat's products are software tools for computing professionals, and our role is to review, package, and develop these new tools, making them useful for computing professionals who do not have the time or interest to keep up with the cutting edge of development. In the course of this work, Red Hat

* builds tools which we release as freely redistributable software, * publishes books, and * manufactures shrink-wrapped, pre-packaged versions of these tools, making them accessable to the broadest possible range of computer users.



Red Hat Software, Inc. uses Linux for the following functions:

• X-Windows:
  • X-Windows terminal (display, keyboard, mouse -- applications run elsewhere)
  • X-Windows server (runs applications, possibly exports display)
• Network file server:
  • Samba server for a network of PCs.
  • NFS server for other PCs and Unix systems.
  • File server for other types of clients.
• Print server:
  • Print spooler using lpd (Unix, NFS clients)
  • Print spooler using samba (PC clients)
• Fax spooler:
  • Fax server for incoming fax transmissions.
  • Fax server for outgoing fax transmissions.
• Modem communications:
  • Server answers the phone, provides shell logins.
  • Server answers the phone, provides PPP, SLIP or term logins.
  • Users can dial-out using a (possibly shared) shared modem.
  • Users can initiate PPP connections to remote systems.
• Office productivity software:
  • Document preparation with ApplixWare.
  • Document preparation with TeX, LaTeX and derivatives.
  • Document preparation with TROFF, NROFF, GROFF or derivatives.
  • Other document management.
• Internet client software - WWW
  • Lynx.
  • Arena.
• Internet client software - mail
  • Pine.
  • Elm.
  • Other mail clients.
• Network management:
  • Internet or WAN router.
  • Internet or WAN firewall.
• Electronic mail server:
  • POP-3 server.
  • IMAP server.
  • SMTP server (sendmail, others).
  • SMTP mail router.
• Network services provided to local users:
  • HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
  • ``Regular'' (user-ID and password required) ftp server.
  • Anonymous ftp server.
  • News server or cache.
  • Accepts telnet connections.
  • Accepts secure-shell (ssh) connections.
  • Services finger requests.
  • Runs one or more database servers.
  • Other services.
• Network services provided to remote users over dial-up or the Internet:
  • HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
  • ``Regular'' (user-ID and password required) ftp server.
  • Anonymous ftp server.
  • Accepts telnet connections.
  • Accepts secure-shell (ssh) connections.
  • Services finger requests.
• Software development tools:
  • C and/or C++
  • Perl
  • Tcl/Tk
  • Bourne, Korn, C or another shell; using sed, awk, grep and similar tools.
  • Others.

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