PRESS RELEASE  *  PRESS RELEASE  *  PRESS RELEASE

JON "MADDOG" HALL, DIRECTOR OF LINUX INTERNATIONAL, 
JOINS THE METRO LINK BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ft. Lauderdale FL, February 1, 2000:
Jon "maddog" Hall has accepted a position on Metro Link's Board of
Directors.  Hall has been instrumental in popularizing the Linux operating
system since its inception.  He is currently the Executive Director of
Linux International, a non-profit organization which disseminates
information and promotes Linux worldwide, of which Metro Link has been a
Sponsoring Corporate Member since 1996.  Hall is also Director of Linux
Evangelism for VA Linux Systems, and is a board member for the Uniforum
Association and the USENIX Association.

Hall has been in the computer industry for over a quarter century, 17 years
of that with UNIX.  He has been a software engineer, systems administrator,
product manager, marketing manager, and professional educator. Previous
employers include Compaq Computer Corporation in the Digital UNIX Marketing
Group, and Bell Laboratories. He also served as Department Head of Computer
Science at Hartford State Technical College, where his students lovingly
(he hopes) gave him the nickname maddog.  Hall has an MS in Computer
Science from RPI (1977) and a BS in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel
University (1973).

A popular speaker at Linux-related events, Hall travels the world
explaining the benefits and encouraging the use of the Linux operating
system in diverse environments.  He is frequently the subject of interviews
relating to Linux, and his own articles often appear in computer trade
publications.  In addition, Hall is the author of "Linux for Dummies",
published by IDG Books Worldwide (ISBN: 0764504215).

Hall joins the Metro Link Team, which includes a number of other
Linux-industry evangelists and pioneers:
* Morgan Von Essen, President and CEO
* Garry Paxinos, Chief Technical Officer (member of the Board of Directors
of Linux International. He was also recently elected to the ACM SIGGRAPH
Executive Committee as Treasurer)
* Stuart Anderson, Technical Director (Technical Specifications Chair of
the Linux Standards Base Organization)

* Jim Burmeister, Lead Interface Architect
* Rob Lembree, Technical Director - Home Automation
* Chris Bare, Technical Lead - X Libraries and Clients
* Hadi Mettawa, Technical Lead - Home Automation Gateway Integration
* Jeff Walls, Technical Lead - X Servers

	
Metro Link has 10 years of experience in developing software products for
the Linux operating system.  With the addition of Hall to the Board of
Directors, Metro Link begins an aggressive expansion plan which will take
them further into related markets such as embedded systems support and
network device control.  With this expansion, Metro Link will experience a
phenomenal growth rate as their number of employees triple within the next
12 months. 

ABOUT METRO LINK

Since 1989, Metro Link Inc., Ft. Lauderdale FL, has become a leading
provider of embedded graphics, Linux software, JINI-enabled technology, and
JAVA-based device control solutions for many operating systems and hardware
architectures. Metro Link products are used on the Boeing 777, the Space
Shuttle, the 767 AWACS, the Acuson Computed Sonography System, the Army
Land Warrior, and many other applications that demand proven high
reliability.  

Metro Link is well known for providing mission-critical software for
various industries through standard sales channels. Their X Window System
products meet the demanding requirements of customers running any of the
many UNIX-based operating systems supported by Metro Link.  These products
are based on Metro Link's robust and feature-rich source code, which
conforms to all major software standards.  

Metro Link's products are used by Lucent (LU), Oracle (ORCL), Red Hat
(RHAT), VA Linux (LNUX), and others.  Metro Link was the first company to
ship commercial software for Linux, and remains at the core of Linux and
other Open Source software development and support.  Metro Link is a
leading developer of standardized software solutions for network appliances
and smart devices.
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To accommodate this growth, Metro Link will relocate to larger office space
as of February 15, 2000.  The new address is:

	Metro Link Incorporated
	5807 North Andrews Way
	Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309

Phone and fax numbers will remain the same:
	954-938-0283
	954-938-1982 fax


CURRENT CONTACT INFORMATION:

Metro Link, Inc.
4711 Powerline Rd.
Ft . Lauderdale FL 33309 USA
www.metrolink.com

Morgan Von Essen
morgan@metrolink.com
954-938-0283 ext. 411
954-938-1982 fax