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MONTAVISTA SETS NEW TRAINING DATES FOR HARD HAT LINUX EMBEDDED DEVELOPERS Four-Day Hands-On Programming Courses Offered For MontaVista Subscribers SUNNYVALE, Calif. August 3, 2001 MontaVista Software Inc., the company powering the embedded revolution, has announced a schedule of four-day training courses for embedded software developers in Silicon Valley, Dallas and Boston, "System Development Jump-Start Using Hard Hat Linux®."," and "Device Drivers With Hard Hat Linux." "System Development Jump-Start Using Hard Hat Linux" will be held in Sunnyvale, Calif., on August 21-24 and October 9-12; in Dallas on September 18-21; and in Boston on November 6-9. "Device Drivers with Hard Hat Linux" will be held in Sunnyvale on August 27-30; and in Boston on November 12-15. All training courses are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time. These training courses include intensive hands-on exercises modeled on actual development systems that have been developed by MontaVista and its partners using MontaVista¹s award-winning Hard Hat Linux (HHL) development environment. In the second course, students write and test a low-level device driver on Hard Hat Linux. Tuition, for either four-day class, is $2,000. According to market research firm, Venture Development Corporation, the worldwide market for embedded Linux software solutions will reach $306.6 million by 2005, an annual growth rate of 61 percent. VDC also predicts the number of embedded developers adopting Linux as their host environment of choice will triple within two years. 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. Attendees must be subscribers to MontaVista, familiar with Hard Hat Linux and proficient in the C programming language. The first course, "System Development Jump-Start Using Hard Hat Linux," is a prerequisite for the "Device Drivers with Hard Hat Linux" class. For more information on MontaVista¹s training courses, please visit http://www.mvista.com/training/. About MontaVista Software Inc. MontaVista Software Inc. powers the embedded revolution by providing embedded systems developers with reduced time-to-market, lower costs and higher quality products. Founded in 1999 by real-time operating system (RTOS) pioneer James Ready, MontaVista's principal offerings include Hard Hat Linux®, a Linux-based embedded source and binary distribution, cross development platform and a set of tool kits for x86/IA-32, PowerPC and other microprocessor architectures. MontaVista offers developers a family of products and services for embedded design targeted for applications ranging from communications infrastructure to thin-client and edge applications. MontaVista Software also supplies valuable technology add-on packages addressing specific customer needs such as the Java Development environment, High Availability technology, Real-Time performance, GUI toolkit, and more. 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. MontaVista Software Inc. is a leading provider of open-source systems software solutions for embedded systems. 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 <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Concurrent Computer Corporation Chooses MontaVista Hard Hat Linuxfor Real-Time Solutions</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Hello,<BR> <FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><BR> Below is a Montavista Press Release that went out this morning.<B> <BR> </B></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><H3><BR> </H3></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><B>MONTAVISTA SETS NEW TRAINING DATES FOR<BR> HARD HAT LINUX EMBEDDED DEVELOPERS<BR> <BR> </B><I>Four-Day Hands-On Programming Courses Offered For MontaVista Subscribers <BR> <BR> </I><B>SUNNYVALE, Calif. August 3, 2001</B> MontaVista Software Inc., the company powering the embedded revolution, has announced a schedule of four-day training courses for embedded software developers in Silicon Valley, Dallas and Boston, "System Development Jump-Start Using Hard Hat Linux®."," and "Device Drivers With Hard Hat Linux." <BR> <BR> "System Development Jump-Start Using Hard Hat Linux" will be held in Sunnyvale, Calif., on August 21-24 and October 9-12; in Dallas on September 18-21; and in Boston on November 6-9. "Device Drivers with Hard Hat Linux" will be held in Sunnyvale on August 27-30; and in Boston on November 12-15. All training courses are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time. <BR> <BR> These training courses include intensive hands-on exercises modeled on actual development systems that have been developed by MontaVista and its partners using MontaVista¹s award-winning Hard Hat Linux</FONT><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Times"> (</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">HHL) development environment.</FONT><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Times"> </FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> In the second course, students write and test a low-level device driver on Hard Hat Linux. Tuition, for either four-day class, <BR> is $2,000. <BR> <BR> According to market research firm, Venture Development Corporation, the worldwide market for embedded Linux software solutions will reach $306.6 million by 2005, an annual growth rate of 61 percent. VDC also predicts the number of embedded developers adopting Linux as their host environment of choice will triple within two years.<BR> <BR> <BR> 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. <BR> <BR> Attendees must be subscribers to MontaVista, familiar with Hard Hat Linux and proficient in the C programming language. The first course, "System Development Jump-Start Using Hard Hat Linux," is a prerequisite for the "Device Drivers with Hard Hat Linux" class. For more information on MontaVista¹s training courses, please visit <U>http://www.mvista.com/training/</U>.<BR> <BR> <B>About MontaVista Software Inc.<BR> </B>MontaVista Software Inc. powers the embedded revolution by providing embedded systems developers with reduced time-to-market, lower costs and higher quality products. Founded in 1999 by real-time operating system (RTOS) pioneer James Ready, MontaVista's principal offerings include Hard Hat Linux®, a Linux-based embedded source and binary distribution, cross development platform and a set of tool kits for x86/IA-32, PowerPC and other microprocessor architectures. MontaVista offers developers a family of products and services for embedded design targeted for applications ranging from communications infrastructure to thin-client and edge applications. MontaVista Software also supplies valuable technology add-on packages addressing specific customer needs such as the Java Development environment, High Availability technology, Real-Time performance, GUI toolkit, and more.<BR> <BR> 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. MontaVista Software Inc. is a leading provider of open-source systems software solutions for embedded systems.<B> <BR> <BR> Contacts</B>:<BR> <BR> Joe Samagond<BR> Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications<BR> MontaVista Software Inc.<BR> Phone (408) 328-9234<BR> E-mail: <U>jsamagond@mvista.com<BR> <BR> </U>Patricia Colby<BR> PR Strategy and Business Development<BR> Pacifico Inc. <BR> Phone (408) 293-8600 ext. 340<BR> E-mail: <U>pcolby@pacifico.com<BR> </U></FONT> </BODY> </HTML>