Immediate Release

MontaVista and Trolltech Join Forces:
Embedded Linux and Graphical Toolkit
Qt/Embedded and Hard Hat Linux to be Demonstrated at ESC- Spring

SAN FRANCISCO, April 9, 2001, -- MontaVista Software Inc., the
company powering the embedded revolution, and Trolltech AS have
joined forces to create a comprehensive and integrated embedded Linux
platform.

Developers can see a demo of MontaVista's Hard Hat=81 Linux=AE bundled
with Trolltech's Qt/Embedded at MontaVista's booth #122 at the
Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco, April 10 - 12. The demo
will be running on a Compaq iPAQ that features a palmtop computing
environment designed and built with Qt/Embedded.

The new agreement combines Trolltech's Qt/Embedded development
framework with MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux distribution in a
comprehensive platform - OS, development framework, and embedded
windowing system - for embedded systems developers.

"The integration of Qt/Embedded with Hard Hat Linux creates a stable
and predictable platform for embedded systems developers," said Eirik
Eng, President of Trolltech.  "They can develop for the
MontaVista/Trolltech platform with confidence."

Kevin Morgan, MontaVista's vice president of engineering, said "This
alliance offers a complete embedded software solution that
significantly decreases time to market and lowers total development
costs. Bundling Qt/Embedded with our distribution creates a rich and
resource-efficient development and run-time environment."
Availability
Hard Hat Linux 2.0 Professional Edition is available direct from
MontaVista and MontaVista distribution channels worldwide as a
product subscription, providing the MontaVista Hard Hat Linux kernel,
utilities, development tools and one year of technical support. It is
open source, royalty-free, and built from 100% pure Linux sources.

Also available with Hard Hat Linux 2.0 Professional Edition are
expanded add-on capabilities, including packages for embedded Java,
High-Availability, legacy RTOS porting and emulation, and embedded
GUI development.

MontaVista will also make Hard Hat Linux 2.0 Journeyman Edition
freely available for technical evaluation and other uses.  A subset
of Hard Hat Linux Professional Edition, it targets a sampling from
all Hard Hat Linux CPU architectures and hosts on Red Hat Linux. It
can be downloaded from MontaVista's Web site or obtained on CD-ROM
for a nominal charge.

Hard Hat Linux 2.0 Professional Edition will be available the last
week of April 2001, and will be joined by additional functionality
and add-on technologies within 30 days via on-line distribution and
on CD-ROM. Trolltech's Qt/Embedded will be available on the Hard Hat
Linux platform in May 2001.

About MontaVista Software Inc.
MontaVista Software Inc. is a leading provider of open-source systems
software solutions for embedded systems. Founded in 1999 by real-time
operating system pioneer James Ready, MontaVista's principal offering
is the Linux operating system and cross development tools tailored
for embedded systems. MontaVista products include Hard HatTM Linux=AE,
a standard off-the-shelf binary distribution of Linux for x86/IA-32,
PowerPC, StrongARM, MIPS, Hitachi SH and other microprocessor
architectures. Hard Hat Linux offers developers a family of open
source solutions for embedded design, with targeted offerings for
applications ranging from communications infrastructure to
thin-client and edge applications.

Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale,
California, MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by
leading investors such Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE
Ventures, WR Hambrecht + Co., and Intel Capital. For more information
about MontaVista, please visit http://www.mvista.com  or call (408)
328-9200.


About Trolltech
Trolltech provides high quality software components that enable
customers to develop efficient, maintainable commercial-grade
software. The company's flagship product, Qt, offers a cross-platform
graphical user interface toolkit, a fully object-oriented and easily
extensible C++ application framework that enables rapid building of
state-of-the-art GUI applications for Microsoft Windows, Unix and
embedded platforms. Qt has formed the basis of many successful
commercial applications worldwide, as well as being the basis for the
open source, KDE Linux desktop environment. Trolltech is
headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices in Brisbane, Australia,
and Santa Clara, California. More about Trolltech can be found on the
World Wide Web at www.trolltech.com

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Hard Hat is a
trademark of MontaVista Software Inc. Intel, Pentium and XScale  are
trademarks of Intel Corporation.  StrongARM is a registered trademark
of ARM Limited. PowerPC is a registered trademark of International
Business Machines Corporation.  MIPS is a registered trademark of
MIPS Technologies. All other names mentioned are trademarks,
registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

Contacts:


Trolltech Contacts:
Aron Kozak
Public Relations Manager
Trolltech, Inc.
Phone (408) 567-0212 x 104
E-mail: aron@trolltech.com

Jessica Damsen
Director, Communications
Al Shugart International
Phone: 831-464-4746
E-mail:  jdamsen@alshugart.com

MontaVista Contacts:
Joe Samagond
Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications
MontaVista Software Inc.
Phone (408) 328-9234
E-mail: jsamagond@mvista.com

Patricia Colby
PR Strategy and Business Development
Pacifico Inc.
Phone (408) 293-8600 ext. 340
E-mail: pcolby@pacifico.com