MONTAVISTA SOFTWARE ADDS VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES, ASIA PACIFIC

Company expands presence in Asia to meet growing customer demand

SUNNYVALE, Calif., November 19, 2001 ‹ MontaVista Software, Inc.
(MontaVista�), the company powering the embedded revolution, today announced
that it has named Raymond Mak as its new vice president of sales for Asia
Pacific. Mak, who has more than 14 years of experience in managing IT
business in Asia, will be responsible for MontaVista¹s sales and operations
in the region.

Based in Hong Kong, Mak will expand MontaVista¹s current sales personnel in
Asia Pacific and will work closely with the growing network of MontaVista
distribution channels in the region. The Hong Kong base will complement the
company¹s presence in Japan, where MontaVista already has an office in
Tokyo, headed by Hitoshi Arima.

Mak most recently served as vice president Asia Pacific at Caldera
International, where he managed Unix and Linux server software sales through
various channel partners. Prior to Caldera, he was a sales director at Apple
Computer for nine years, primarily developing and managing sales channels in
Hong Kong and Macau.

³We continue to welcome seasoned professionals to our management team,² said
Jim Ready, MontaVista CEO and embedded industry pioneer. ³Raymond¹s vast
experience in developing customer relationships throughout Asia will be of
great importance as we expand our efforts to meet the increasing demand for
MontaVista¹s Hard Hat® Linux® for embedded development.²

According to a recent research report by Evans Data, embedded Linux will
grow by more than 140 percent in 2002, becoming the most popular operating
system for embedded development, probably as early as next year.

³As the complexity of embedded applications increases, developers throughout
the world are turning to Linux. The fact that manufacturers of handheld
devices in East Asia are currently rushing to commercialize Linux-embedded
PDAs is just one example for this trend,² Mak said. ³My goal is to continue
expanding MontaVista¹s presence in Asia Pacific to help corporations speed
next-generation applications in handheld, wireless, consumer, networking and
telematics systems to the market.²

About MontaVista Software, Inc.

MontaVista Software, Inc. powers the embedded revolution by providing
open-source systems software solutions for embedded developers. Founded in
1999 by real-time operating system (RTOS) pioneer James Ready, MontaVista's
principal products 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, StrongARM, MIPS, SH, ARM, XScale and other
microprocessor architectures. MontaVista offers developers a family of
products and services for embedded design and development targeted for
applications ranging from communications infrastructure to thin-client and
consumer devices. MontaVista Software also provides several technology
add-on products addressing specific customer needs such as the Java
Development environment, High Availability technology, powerful graphics
toolkits and more.

Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale, Calif.,
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, email to info@mvista.com or call (408) 328-9200.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Hard Hat is a registered
trademark, and MontaVista is a trademark of MontaVista Software, Inc. 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