From:	 Annette Oevermann <aoevermann@pacifico.com>
To:	 <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: MontaVista Seminars for Developers
Date:	 Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:16:01 -0700

MONTAVISTA SEMINARS HELP SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS EVOLVE FROM
PROPRIETARY RTOS TO EMBEDDED LINUX

PARIS, France ­ August 31, 2001 ­ MontaVista Software, the company powering
the embedded revolution, is sponsoring four half-day seminars for embedded
software developers in Europe. The seminars, entitled  "Moving from a
Proprietary RTOS to Embedded Linux," will be held in Munich, Germany, on
Tuesday, October 9; in Paris, France, on Wednesday, October 10; in London,
UK, on Thursday, October 11; and in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on Friday,
October 12.

According to market research firm, Venture Development Corporation, the
worldwide market for embedded software solutions will reach $1.8 billion by
2003. VDC also predicts the number of embedded developers adopting Linux as
their host environment of choice will triple within two years.

The "Moving from a Proprietary RTOS to Embedded Linux" seminars will include
a discussion on trends in the embedded market, followed by open source and
intellectual property issues and an indepth insight into the technical
challenges in moving from a proprietary RTOS to embedded Linux. They will
feature demonstrations of embedded systems that have already been developed
by MontaVista and its partners using MontaVista¹s award-winning Hard Hat�
Linux® development environment.

MontaVista recently announced Hard Hat Linux, Version 2.0, the first
embedded operating system and development tool suite based on the new Linux
2.4 kernel. HHL 2.0 boasts unrivaled development support for embedded
processor architectures, CPU boards and software components, with more than
480 fully tested and supported combinations.  The feature-rich release
enables a wide variety of embedded applications, providing a standard
platform for designs in communications infrastructure, networking, consumer
electronics, instrumentation and control.

For more information on MontaVista¹s "Moving from a Proprietary RTOS to
Embedded Linux" seminars, please visit
ww.mvista.com/linuxinside/seminar.html

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®, a standard
off-the-shelf binary distribution of Linux for x86/IA-32, PowerPC,
StrongARM, MIPS 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.

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.  All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered
trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

Contacts:

Dorine Vidal
Marcom Manager Europe
Montavista Software
Tel : +33 (0)1 30 16 28 08
Email : dvidal@mvista.com
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