'Leading Linux distributor Red Hat Inc. on Monday made clear its intention to focus on the enterprise space, telling customers that it will no longer be maintaining or releasing any of the its Red Hat Linux line after the end of April 2004.

The Raleigh, N.C. firm sent its Red Hat Network customers an e-mail, informing them of the upcoming discontinuation of Red Hat Linux and providing them with "resources to assist you with your migration to another Red Hat solution.

"As previously communicated, Red Hat will discontinue maintenance and errata support for Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 8.0 as of December 31, 2003. Red Hat will discontinue maintenance and errata support for Red Hat 9 as of April 30 2004. Red Hat does not plan to release another product in the Red Hat Linux line," the email said.

The move is designed to push customers to migrate to Red Hat's Enterprise Linux line of products, which carry an annual subscription fee.'

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