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Coriolis Readies Book On Red Hat, Inc.


SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 1999--

Innovative Publisher Announces Forthcoming Book on the Story of

Red Hat, Inc. and the Open Source Software Movement

The Coriolis Group, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
, an innovative publisher of technical books, today announced that their much-requested book, Under The Radar This article is about the magazine. For other uses, see Under the Radar (disambiguation).

Under the Radar is an American magazine that bills itself as "The solution to music pollution." It features interviews with accompanying photo-shoots.
: How Red Hat Changed the Software Business - and Took Microsoft by Surprise will soon be on bookstore shelves around the world.

Under The Radar written by Robert Young Robert Young or Bob Young may refer to several different people:
  • Robert J Young (historian)
  • Robert A. Young III (1927–2007), Member of the US House of Representatives (1977–1987)
, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Red Hat, Inc. and Wendy Goldman Rohm (author of the best-seller, The Microsoft File published by Random House) is an adventure story about the rise of Red Hat, Inc. and the open source movement, and how both took the software industry, including industry giant Microsoft, by surprise. The reader gets an insider's view of the investment deals and market momentum that led to Red Hat's IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard.  of August 11 and its ability to bring Linux into the mainstream.

"The interest in this book has been nothing short of phenomenal," said Keith Weiskamp, President and CEO of The Coriolis Group. "We expect this book to be a big seller for us. We have already signed major world-wide rights deals and plan to sell the paperback rights as well."

Young and Rohm document the beginnings of a new industry that may dramatically change the way business is conducted in the software and computer industries in the new millenium. Mark Cuban Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)[1] is an American billionaire entrepreneur.[2] He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA franchise[3] and Chairman of HDNet, an HDTV cable network. , Chairman of Broadcast.com calls the book "a must read and a guide for those competing against Internet Goliaths." Doug Levy of USA Today USA Today

National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s.
 says that this book and the authors "illustrate in vivid colors how the Internet - and the era of instant communication - changes the way business is done."

"In just a few weeks this book will be available for sale everywhere," said Weiskamp. "We are very excited about this title and have put together a major marketing and promotional effort to support it, including author signings, advertisements in the Wall Street Journal and other major publications, and special events."

Under the Radar is just one of the many offerings of CoriolisOpen(TM) Press, a new press just now being launched by The Coriolis Group. "We at Coriolis believe that the Open Source Movement has changed the world of software development and distribution for the better," said Jeff Duntemann, Vice President and Editorial Director of The Coriolis Group. CoriolisOpen(TM) Press is dedicated to serving the needs of the Open Source community by providing, in innovative ways, the best technical information available on open source software.

About the Authors

Robert Young, CEO of Red Hat, Inc. In just four years, Robert Young has taken Red Hat, Inc. from a fledgling start-up company start-up company

A new business.
 to the leading global supplier of the Linux operating system. With 20 years of computer industry finance and marketing experience, Robert saw an opportunity with a phenomenon called Linux in 1993. He subsequently founded a Linux distribution and catalog business that later merged with Marc Ewing's organization to form Red Hat, Inc.

Wendy Goldman Rohm is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of the best-selling book, The Microsoft File: The Secret Case Against Bill Gates, which recently won a "Best Nonfiction Book of 1998" award. For more than a decade, Wendy has been a writer for numerous magazines and newspapers, including Wired, Upside, Red Herring Red Herring

A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company.

Notes:
, The Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times

Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name).
, and many others.

About Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat, Inc. produces and distributes Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux, assembled by Red Hat, was a popular, "middle-aged" Linux distribution (not as old as Slackware but older than Ubuntu) upon its discontinuation in 2004.[1]

Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994.
, a market-leading version of the Linux operating system, which was developed outside the mainstream method of software development - by thousands of independent programmers using the Internet, the catalyst of the Open Source Movement.

About The Coriolis Group, LLC

The Coriolis Group, LLC (http://www.coriolis.com), celebrating its tenth anniversary in October 1999, is an innovative publisher of technical books and the bimonthly bi·month·ly  
adj.
1. Happening every two months.

2. Happening twice a month; semimonthly.

adv.
1. Once every two months.

2. Twice a month; semimonthly.

n. pl.
 magazine Visual Developer, as well as a significant player in the $1+ billion certification and training market with its Certification Insider Press product lines. Coriolis products focus on three growing markets: professional software, networking, and database developers, and system administrators; Internet and Web professionals; and technical professionals in need of official certification training(Microsoft, Oracle, A+, Cisco, Java, Novell, etc.). Products consist of technical books, training guides, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
CD-ROM
 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
 based training software, and instructor-led courses. The Coriolis Group, LLC is located at 14455 North Hayden Rd., Suite 220, Scottsdale, AZ 85260. For more information or interviews, contact Diane Enger, Corporate Communications Manager, at 602.483.0192, ext 257, or email: diane.enger@coriolis.com.

     ABOUT THE BOOK:

     TITLE:           Under The Radar

     SUBTITLE:        How Red Hat Changed the Software Business--and
                      Took Microsoft by Surprise

     AUTHORS:         Robert Young and Wendy Goldman Rohm

     AVAILABLE DATE:  late September 1999

     ISBN#:           1-57610-506-7

     PRICE:           $27.50 US
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