Jim Henson's Creature Shop Selects Red Hat for Groundbreaking Digital Production

RALEIGH, NC—Red Hat, Inc., the world's premier open source andLinux provider, announced that Jim Henson's Creature Shop is using theRed Hat Linux operating system to power its award-winning HensonDigital Performance Studio (HDPS) and other digital designprojects.

"Red Hat has provided the Creature Shop with a highly functional,easy-to-use operating system that also happens to be the productionindustry's de facto standard," said Steve Rosenbluth, control systemsdesigner at Jim Henson's Creature Shop. "In addition, we had no ideahow much time we could save on management until we began using Red HatNetwork. Now we spend our time getting work done rather than trying toget our systems and applications to work."

With HDPS, the Academy Award-winning Jim Henson's Creature Shop hascreated the next generation of puppetry and computer graphics -- asystem that makes a digital character as instantly performable as apuppet. The Company uses Red Hat Linux as the operating system on boththe HDPS and the animatronic Henson Performance Control System(HPCS).

In addition, Red Hat Network is utilized for crucial updates andmanagement, and commercial applications certified on Red Hat Linux forits design needs. With Red Hat Linux powering its systems, Jim Henson'sCreature Shop has completed successful design and performance work formajor motion pictures, video games, Web events and other projects.

"Jim Henson's Creature Shop is changing the way digital productionworks, so it makes perfect sense that Red Hat Linux would be at thebase of their innovative systems," said Mark de Visser, vice presidentof marketing at Red Hat. "We're thrilled that the company which broughtus Kermit and Ms. Piggy is using Red Hat technology, and we're glad tobe part of this growing trend within the digital productionindustry."

The HDPS was awarded the 2001 Computerworld Honors 21st CenturyAchievement Award for Media, Arts and Entertainment. For moreinformation about Jim Henson's Creature Shop and the HDPS, please visitwww.henson.com.

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