In addition to this, Red Hat India has also built a channel network of 20 resellers and GT Enterprises has been appointed as their master reseller. Besides this, Red Hat India has identified the enterprise market as one of the key segments for distribution of its products and to push up the usage of Linux. Red Hat India will bundle Linux OS with several products from original equipment manufacturers. Mr Kapoor said that the establishment of their entire distribution network will help Red Hat India target a large base of potential customers in India. Red Hat India will also host a two day technical seminar `Linux for Enterprise' on the April 19 and 20, 2001 in Mumbai. The focus of this seminar is on Red Hat Linux, its applications and the solutions available on Red Hat. The seminar will highlight all of the latest Red Hat Linux technologies in products and services and provide the user the platform to look into the latest services, solutions and product offerings on Linux. The company will also be launchingtheir Website www.in.redhat.com in the near future.

Red Hat India has reacted to the latest news reports about a new virus named `Lion' that is spreading rapidly on Linux machines all over the world, stating that it is fully geared to fight back against the virus and that the solution to the problem is available through Red Hat Website since January 29, 2001.

The `Lion' worm virus is known to be capable of changing network settings, stealing passwords and eliminating some security measures making the infected machines vulnerable to further attacks. "There have been a flurry of discussions surrounding the Lion worm virus. Though the bug is just now getting notoreity, Red Hat has had the patches available for their customers on the Red Hat Website and through the Red Hat Newtork since January 29th, 2001," said Javed Tapia, director, Red Hat India.