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==History==
In 1993, [[Bob Young (businessman)|Bob Young]] incorporated the ACC Corporation, a [[mail order|catalog]] [[business]] that sold Linux and [[Unix]] software accessories. In 1994, [[Marc Ewing]] created his own Linux distribution, which he named [[Red Hat Linux]]<ref name=history/> (Ewing had worn a red [[Cornell University]] [[lacrosse]] hat, given to him by his grandfather, while attending [[Carnegie Mellon University]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.redhat.com/magazine/002dec04/features/name| title=How Red Hat Got Its Name| last=Young| first=Bob| publisher=Red Hat Magazine| date=Dec 2004| accessdate=January 13, 2011| deadurl=yes| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315004449/https://www.redhat.com/magazine/002dec04/features/name/| archivedate=March 15, 2011| df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-red-hat-got-its-name.html| title=How Red Hat Got Its Name| last=Gite| first=Vivek| publisher=nixCRAFT| date=December 19, 2006|accessdate=January 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cac.cornell.edu/technologies/operating.aspx |title=Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing / Operating Systems / Red Hat (archived) |accessdate=December 7, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026152154/http://www.cac.cornell.edu/technologies/operating.aspx |archivedate=October 26, 2011 }}</ref>). Ewing released the software in October, and it became known as the Halloween release. Young bought Ewing's business in 1995,{{Clarify|date=April 2013}} and the two merged to become Red Hat Software, with Young serving as [[chief executive officer]] (CEO).
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