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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 09:06:51 -0800
From: "Emily W. Salus" <emily@sleepycat.com>
Subject: Press release: Berkeley DB 3.2 now available for QNX
To: "Emily W. Salus" <emily@sleepycat.com>

Berkeley DB 3.2 Now Available for QNX® Realtime Platform

Sleepycat Software's latest release expands commitment to embedded
market

LINCOLN, Massachusetts--February 1, 2001--Sleepycat Software, Inc. today

released its latest version of the award-winning Open Source embedded
database Berkeley DB.  The release includes a new port to the QNX
realtime platform, and supports all major UNIX and Linux systems, Wind
River’s VxWorks®, and Windows 95/98/NT/2000.  Berkeley DB version 3.2 is
available for download from www.sleepycat.com immediately.

"By introducing support for the QNX realtime platform, Sleepycat
Software has shown its commitment to the embedded market," said Linda
Campbell, Vice President of Strategic Alliances at QNX Software
Systems.  "Engineers working with realtime operating systems need
database services that are fast and completely dependable.  An
open-source product of the caliber of Berkeley DB in the embedded space
is a real boon to the market."

"We're very pleased to be moving more into the wireless and handheld
market by offering Berkeley DB to real-time programmers on the platforms

they use most—such as QNX," added Michael Olson, Vice President of Sales

and Marketing at Sleepycat Software.  "We expect our participation in
QNX's partner program to be extremely fruitful.  Berkeley DB is in a
perfect position to serve the embedded market, from handheld devices to
set-top boxes."

Berkeley DB has been Open Source since its origin in 1991.  "Sleepycat
Software's commitment to Open Source software is a novelty in the
embedded market where most applications are proprietary," stated Keith
Bostic, Sleepycat's Vice President of Engineering.  "By offering the
source code to programmers, we enable them to have more control over the

applications they create.  In addition, we assure the integrity of
Berkeley DB because thousands of programmers have examined the code."

The QNX realtime platform is a self-hosted development environment that
anyone can download free for non-commercial purposes at
http://get.qnx.com.

Sleepycat Software, Inc. was founded in 1996 to develop, support, and
distribute Berkeley DB commercially.  Berkeley DB was awarded Favorite
Database at LinuxWorld Expo, August 2000, and has over 200 million seats

deployed worldwide. Berkeley DB is at the core of the Internet’s most
vital services including directories, messaging, routing, and naming.
It is used in the day-to-day operations of most ISPs and in many telecom

switches and in wireless networks. The company is privately held, and
has offices in Massachusetts and California.

Contact:  Michael A. Olson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing
          Sleepycat Software, Inc.
          1509 McGee Avenue
          Berkeley, CA  94703
          Voice: (510) 526-3972
          Fax: (510) 526-2537
          Email: mao@sleepycat.com
          http://www.sleepycat.com/

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