From: Jennifer Finlinson <jennifer@lineo.com>
Subject: Lineo To Acquire Two Additional Companies
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:00:00
To: corbet@eklektix.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


LINEO TO ACQUIRE INUP

 Acquisition Adds High Availability Embedded Linux Solution to Embedix


LINDON, UTAH - April 17,  2000 - Lineo, Inc., the leading developer of
embedded Linux system software, today announced an agreement to acquire
INUP, the leading provider of fault tolerant Linux-based clustering solutions
for embedded devices. INUP technology targets high availability CompactPCI
(cPCI) and Linux-based clusters that need hot-swapping functionality and
redundancy. 

This acquisition by Lineo rounds out Lineo's technology offering, providing
embedded Linux support for the complete range of embedded devices from
tiny microprocessors to large, single-purpose systems. INUP customers
are found in markets such as: finance, ISPs and  industrial control.

"With this acquisition of INUP, Lineo now provides Linux solutions for
the full spectrum of embedded devices," said Bryan Sparks, CEO of Lineo,
Inc. "Lineo is paving the way for OEM developers to be able to put Linux
anywhere their customers need it."

"This alliance will enable us to take advantage of the different research
and development dynamics and competencies each of our companies has to
offer," said Hugo Delchini, CEO of INUP. "It also provides complementary
resources for expanding our high_availability technology into world-wide
markets."

 INUP is headquartered in Saint-Ouen, France. As with Lineo's other five
acquisitions, this office will remain intact, providing additional resources
for Lineo's sales, development and marketing departments. With these two
additional acquisitions, Lineo now has offices in: Australia, Canada,
France, Japan, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the USA.

About Lineo, Inc.
Lineo, Inc., the leading developer of embedded Linux system software,
develops, markets and sells embedded Linux system software and applications
that provide OEMs and consumers with simple, low-cost software for interacting
with the Internet via embedded devices. Lineo owns the Embedix product
family including Embedix Linux, Embedix SDK and Embedix Browser. Visit
Lineo, Inc. at www.lineo.com. For more information, contact Lineo, Inc.
via e-mail: info@lineo.com or telephone: (801) 426-5001.

About INUP
INUP provides a Linux-based clustering software package for CompactPCI,
providing solutions for high availability, high performances, high reliability
and scalability. The INUP Software package contains technology offering
a broad range of functionality, such as: hot swap, load balancing, and
centralized system administration.

INUP products provide fault tolerance for integrated architecture in the
CompactPCI frame. This allows communication between multiple processors
through the PCI backplane bus with higher bandwidth than Ethernet networks.
Within the frame, a server card distributes the workload to all processors
cards (up to 7 per CompactPCI frame). Visit INUP at www.inup.com. For
more information, contact INUP via e_mail: info@inup.com, or Tel: 00 33
(0)1 49 18 99 00 fax: 00 33 (0)1 49 18 99 01.

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Press Only Contact:
Jennifer Finlinson
Lineo, Inc.
jennifer@lineo.com
Tel: 801-426-5001

Laurent Rousseau
INUP
rousseau@inup.com
Tel: 00 33 1 49 18 99 00