From:	 Carrie Gorges <cgorges@pacifico.com>
To:	 <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: MontaVista Seminars Help Software Developers Evolve
Date:	 Tue, 08 May 2001 13:04:18 -0700

MONTAVISTA SEMINARS HELP SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS EVOLVE FROM
PROPRIETARY RTOS TO EMBEDDED LINUX

SUNNYVALE, Calif. ­ May 8, 2001 ­ MontaVista Software Inc., the company
powering the embedded revolution, is sponsoring four half-day seminars for
embedded software developers in California, the Midwest and Canada. The
seminars, entitled  ³Moving from a Proprietary RTOS to Embedded Linux,² will
be held at the Santa Clara Hilton in Santa Clara, Calif., on Thursday, May
24; at the Irvine Hilton in Irvine, Calif., on Thursday, May 31; in Chicago
on Tuesday, June 5; and in Toronto on Thursday, June 7.  All seminar times
are from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

According to market research firm, Venture Development Corporation, the
worldwide market for embedded software solutions will reach $1.8 billion by
2003. VDC also predicts the number of embedded developers adopting Linux as
their host environment of choice will triple within two years.

The ³Moving from a Proprietary RTOS to Embedded Linux² seminars will feature
demonstrations of embedded systems that have already been developed by
MontaVista and its partners using MontaVista¹s award-winning Hard Hat�
Linux® development environment.


MontaVista recently announced Hard Hat Linux, Version 2.0, the first
embedded operating system and development tool suite based on the new Linux
2.4 kernel. HHL 2.0 boasts unrivaled development support for embedded
processor architectures, CPU boards and software components, with more than
480 fully tested and supported combinations.  The feature-rich release
enables a wide variety of embedded applications, providing a standard
platform for designs in communications infrastructure, networking, consumer
electronics, instrumentation and control.

All seminar attendees are eligible to enter a drawing to win a free embedded
development kit that includes MontaVista¹s Hard Hat Linux 2.0, Journeyman
Edition, and a development kit from Embedded Planet.  For more information
on MontaVista¹s ³Moving from a Proprietary RTOS to Embedded Linux² seminars,
please visit www.mvista.com/linuxinside/seminar.html

About MontaVista Software, Inc.
MontaVista Software Inc. is a leading provider of open-source systems
software solutions for embedded systems. Founded in 1999 by real-time
operating system pioneer James Ready, MontaVista's principal offering is the
Linux operating system and cross development tools tailored for embedded
systems. MontaVista products include Hard HatTM Linux®, a standard
off-the-shelf binary distribution of Linux for x86/IA-32, PowerPC,
StrongARM, MIPS and other microprocessor architectures. Hard Hat Linux
offers developers a family of open source solutions for embedded design,
with targeted offerings for applications ranging from communications
infrastructure to thin-client and edge applications.

Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale, California,
MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by leading investors
such Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, WR Hambrecht + Co,
and Intel Capital. For more information about MontaVista, please visit
http://www.mvista.com  or call (408) 328-9200.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Hard Hat is a trademark
of MontaVista Software Inc. Intel, Pentium and XScale  are trademarks of
Intel Corporation.  StrongARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited.
PowerPC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation.  MIPS is a registered trademark of MIPS Technologies. All other
names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of
their respective companies.



Contacts:

Joe Samagond
Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications
MontaVista Software Inc.
Phone (408) 328-9234
E-mail: jsamagond@mvista.com

Patricia Colby
PR Strategy and Business Development
Pacifico Inc. 
Phone (408) 293-8600 ext. 340
E-mail: pcolby@pacifico.com