Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 12:03:32 -0400
From: Amy Zsak <amyz@metrolink.com>
To: pr@metrolink.com
Subject: Metro Link News

NEWS/EVENTS
Metro Link will be at the Embedded Linux Expo and Conference on October
27, 2000 in Westborough, MA.  Metro Link Technical Director of X, Stuart
Anderson, will be doing a presentation on "Embedding X" and Metro Link
Technical Director of Automation Technologies, Rob Lembree, will be
demonstrating Metro Link's UPnP protocol stack and how it can be
embedded in a variety of home automation products.  Stop by and say hi.

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Coventive and Metro Link Form Strategic Relationship to Deliver Complete
Embedded Linux Solutions for Information Appliances


San Jose, Calif. (October 26, 2000) - Coventive Technologies
(http://www.coventive.com) and Metro Link (http://www.metrolink.com)
today announced the formation of a strategic partnership that will
combine Coventive's embedded Linux® operating system kernel and Metro
Link's graphic display technology to create a complete embedded Linux
solution for Information Appliance (IA) manufacturers.  Together, the
companies intend to develop and offer the industry's smallest footprint
Linux operating system and graphics solution for new IA's, such as hand
held computers, set top boxes and web pads. 

The embedded computing elements of many IA devices must deliver maximum
functionality within the smallest of memory footprints-and conserve
power consumption.  Both Coventive and Metro Link have created products
expressly for IA use:  

Coventive's XTinux™ is an embedded Linux software solution that adds the
power and connectivity of Linux to IA products.  Weighing in at just
143KB, XTinux is believed to be the smallest known fully functional
commercial embedded Linux software kernel. 
Metro Link's Micro-X™ is a standards-based, multi-platform X server that
has very small server requirements (as little as 600KB).  Micro-X is
customized to individual IA manufacturer's specifications, providing the
desired functionality in the smallest possible memory footprint.

 "Metro Link's cross platform development environment is a strategic
advantage that ensures that XTinux will run flawlessly on a multitude of
hardware architectures designed for embedded devices," said Randy Tan,
CEO of Coventive Technologies.  "Metro Link's platform makes the most of
Coventive's kernel size advantage, and helps us to strengthen our
position with consumer electronics manufacturers that have strict size
and power constraints."

To meet the IA market's strict technical requirements, Metro Link will
port Micro-X, to the Intel StrongArm 1110 Assabet board, running
Coventive's XTinux embedded Linux operating system kernel. 

"Coventive's embedded Linux operating system, Xtinux, is the smallest
Linux distribution available, and Metro Link's Micro-X server was
designed specifically for information appliances.  We thought it only
natural to team up with Coventive to offer the smallest footprint
operating system and graphics solutions for hand held computers, set top
boxes and web pads," said Morgan Von Essen, Metro Link President and
CEO. 

About Metro Link
Metro Link Inc., a software development company founded in 1989,
specializes in graphics display technology solutions for embedded,
Linux, and UNIX operating systems. Metro Link's X Window System
products, including Metro-X™, Micro-X™, Metro Motif Complete!™ and Metro
Media™, give developers a stable, standards based solution for graphics,
application development and MPEG playback.  Metro Link also offers
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) enabled protocol stacks.  X.Org, the
worldwide X Window System consortium, has contracted with Metro Link to
maintain and enhance the X Window System source code.  Metro Link's
products are used by Lucent, Oracle (NASDAQ:  ORCL), Red Hat (NASDAQ: 
RHAT), Intel, IBM (NASDAQ:  IBM), Compaq, Sun (NASDAQ:  SUNW), Hewlett
Packard, VA Linux  (NASDAQ:  LNUX), and others in such projects as the
Boeing 777, the Space Shuttle, 767 AWACS, the Acuson Computed Sonography
System, the Army Land Warrior and many other applications that demand
proven mission-critical reliability.  
 
About Coventive Technologies
Coventive Technologies is an international software company that
delivers a family of customized open source applications and operating
system software for business users in the enterprise server and embedded
markets. The company is the premier Linux provider in Taiwan and one of
the largest Linux companies in Asia, with offices in Taipei, Kaohsiung,
Taichung, Beijing, Xi'An, Seoul, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur.  In 2000,
the company also established a presence in the United States.  

Coventive numbers among its customers and partners some of the leading
names in the computer industry, such as IBM, Compaq, HP, Acer and
Intel.  Additionally, Coventive has formidable channel partners
throughout Asia, including CSA, Malaysia's largest system integrator;
MaxChannel, China's largest modem and networking hardware distributor;
8848.net, one of China's largest on-line IT distributors and Linux1,
Korea's largest enterprise computing systems company.  

To learn more about Coventive, please visit our Web site at
http://www.coventive.com.

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Media Contacts:	
For Metro Link:							
Bob Zinn								
(954) 660-2441							
bobzinn@metrolink.com
		
For Coventive:
Cathy Thompson
(408) 738-1395
cthompson@coventive.com

LINUX is a registered trademark owned by Linus Torvalds. Coventive and
XTinux are trademarks of Coventive Technologies, Inc. Metro Link and
Micro-X are trademarks of Metro Link, Inc.  All other names and
trademarks are property of their respective owners.