October 24, 2000

Open Source Media Day Links NC State, Red Hat and IBM

A briefing session to announce a joint initiative among NC State, Red Hat and IBM was held October 18 in the Alumni Building at NC State.

IBM and NC State have worked together recently to develop open source technology using mainframe computers. According to Barry W. Eveland, IBM Vice President and Senior North Carolina Executive, IBM believes strongly in open source, and he is enthusiastic about the platform provided by Red Hat Linux in this initiative.

In conjunction with the Red Hat University Program, Red Hat and NC State will advance the application of open source software by integrating the Red Hat Linux open source operating system into NC State's Eos computing environment. As Matthew J. Szulik, President and Chief Executive Officer of Red Hat, said, "The revolution takes place in academia," and Red Hat therefore values their association with a major university such as NC State as they move forward with their University Program.

Visitors and media representatives were able to view the results of the new initiatives in a demonstration at the College of Engineering's Student Computing Center Laboratory in room 100 Leazar Hall.

Dean Nino A. Masnari of the College of Engineering at NC State commented that this initiative is the "perfect marriage of a long-successful company and a young start-up that will change the world. NC State is pleased to be involved with these companies and delighted to be part of the new initiative."

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