Fedora working with Seneca College

*Open Source Curriculum Expanded at Seneca*

/Red Hat and Seneca College Partner to Bring Fedora to the Classroom/

*RALEIGH, NC -- May 21, 2008 - *Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's 
leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Seneca 
College will expand the use of open source software in its curriculum 
through the Fedora Project, a Red Hat sponsored and community-supported 
open source collaboration.

Seneca College students in the School of Computer Studies will work 
within the Fedora Project while learning open source development and 
administration. As the principles and methodologies of open source are 
changing the software industry, Red Hat and Seneca College are committed 
to driving change through new models of computer science education.

Open source software is defined by its community-based development 
model. A new grant funds a liaison position within the School of 
Computer Studies to work with Fedora Project members to identify 
opportunities for student involvement and to guide students as they 
integrate into the community. This proven model was developed at Seneca 
and will be incorporated into several programs beginning with the 
Linux/Unix System Administration (LUX) program, an intense one-year 
graduate certificate. Fedora projects will be integrated into academic 
coursework, used as major projects, or funded through government grants.

"At Seneca, we strive to offer our students the most cutting-edge 
courses to prepare them for the future of the technology industry," said 
Dr. Rick Miner, President of Seneca College. "We see open source and 
Linux as compelling options for success in the software industry, and 
including Fedora in coursework will provide our students with a valuable 
skill set to excel when they enter into the workforce."

Fedora has long been a center for innovation in free and open source 
software and places high emphasis on creating a community where 
developers and open source enthusiasts come together to advance free and 
open source software. The Fedora community contributes everything it 
builds back to the open source world and continues to make advances of 
significance to the broader community, as evidenced by the regular and 
rapid incorporation of its features into other Linux distributions.

"Fedora and open source breeds a culture of contribution rather than 
just consumption," stated Paul Frields, Fedora Project Leader at Red 
Hat. "In the same vein, we hope this partnership will not only benefit 
the students at Seneca College, but will also provide a program and 
curriculum that is transferable to other academic institutions to 
develop future leaders as the demand for open source continues to 
increase worldwide."

Chris Tyler from Seneca College's School of Computer Studies is a 
long-time Fedora contributor and will serve as lead professor on this 
initiative. He has used Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora for more 
than a decade and is the author of two books, "Fedora Linux: A Complete 
Guide to Red Hat's Community Distribution" and "X Power Tools."

This announcement also comes on the heels of the Fedora Project team's 
successful completion of its 2008 North American University Tour to 
increase awareness of Fedora and open source software among university 
communities. The tour included stops at leading computer science schools 
across the United States. To read more, visit 
_http://www.press.redhat.com/2008/04/25/fedora-returns-fro....

For more information on Fedora or to join in this community effort, 
please visit _http://fedoraproject.org <http://fedoraproject.org/>_.

For more information about Seneca's Linux/Unix System Administration 
(LUX) program, visit _http://cs.senecac.on.ca/lux_.

For more information about the Seneca Centre for Development of Open 
Technology _http://cdot.senecac.on.ca <http://cdot.senecac.on.ca/>_.

*About Seneca College*
More students choose Seneca than any other college in Canada. With eight 
campuses across the Greater Toronto Area, Seneca provides 
internationally and nationally recognized polytechnic education, 
training and pathways key to graduate career success in the global 
economy. Every Seneca diploma, certificate and degree program is 
developed to a high academic standard, in consultation with industry, 
integrated with information technology, combined with technical and 
transferable skills, and reinforced for ongoing education and 
re-training. _www.senecac.on.ca <http://www.senecac.on.ca/>_

*About Red Hat, Inc.*
Red Hat, the world's leading open source solutions provider, is 
headquartered in Raleigh, NC with over 50 satellite offices spanning the 
globe. CIOs have ranked Red Hat first for value in Enterprise Software 
for four consecutive years in the CIO Insight Magazine Vendor Value 
study. Red Hat provides high-quality, affordable 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: _http://www.redhat.com_.

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