From: Joanne Kwasny <Joanne@metzger.com> To: "'lwn@lwn.net'" <lwn@lwn.net> Subject: eSoft Announces redphish Software Agreement with Intel Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 09:57:36 -0700 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Rich Miller/Joe Pate Nina Piccinini Metzger Associates Public Relations 303-786-7000 eSoft Inc. rich@metzger.com 303-444-1600, ext. 3255 joe@metzger.com ninap@esoft.com ESOFT ANNOUNCES REDPHISH SOFTWARE AGREEMENT WITH INTEL FOR REFERENCE DESIGN PLATFORM redphish to Provide Intel OEM Developers a Complete Linux-based Appliance Solution BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 21, 2000 - eSoft Inc. (Nasdaq: ESFT), the company that provides edge of network Linux(tm)-based software and services, today announced Intel Corporation has signed a redphish agreement for Intel's Entry-level Communication Appliance Reference Design platform. The implementation of redphish(tm) supports Intel's recent initiatives in various technology segments including communication appliances, a key component of eSoft's business offerings. "eSoft is very pleased to work with Intel as a software provider for Linux-based communication appliance solutions," said Jeff Finn, president and CEO of eSoft. "Our collaboration with Intel further validates eSoft's redphish business strategy and enables our company to reach a much broader group of customers." The redphish agreement includes collaborative sales and marketing of eSoft's software for Intel's Reference Design platform. redphish with Intel's Reference Design platform provides developers substantial time-to-market advantages for delivering complete communication appliance solutions to their customers. redphish's availability on an Intel platform will also provide Intel's OEM developers with a mature, embedded software stack that fully exploits the power of the Linux operating system. In addition, OEMs can also engage eSoft's engineering services to enhance and extend the software for a customized look and feel. About eSoft Inc. eSoft Inc. was founded in 1984 with headquarters in Broomfield, Colo. eSoft provides a family of Linux-based software and services that enable small- to medium-sized businesses to harness the full power of the Internet. The redphish program provides service providers, manufacturers and Internet Service Providers with a comprehensive solution for their customer's edge of network requirements. Edge of network software solutions combine Internet appliances with web services and provide a bundle of benefits to the customer such as Internet appliance software, advanced Internet applications, a value-added platform for remote IT services and business-to-business applications. Contact eSoft at 295 Interlocken Blvd., #500, Broomfield, Colo., 80021, USA; 303-444-1600 phone; 303-444-1640 fax; www.esoft.com. ### redphish is a trademark of eSoft Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respected owners. This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements often can be identified by the use of terms such as "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "project," "estimate" or words of similar meaning. Readers should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and eSoft will not necessarily update these statements to reflect subsequent developments. In addition, these forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These factors include adverse economic conditions, entry of new and stronger competitors, inadequate capital, unexpected costs, failure to gain product approval in foreign countries, failure to capitalize upon access to new markets, the possibility that a competitor will develop a more comprehensive or less expensive Internet solution and delays in the market awareness of eSoft and its products. Readers should review these factors and others, which are discussed in reports that eSoft files with the Securities and Exchange Commission.