MontaVista VisualAge Micro Edition 1.4
For Hard Hat Linux Available Now

SUNNYVALE, January 3, 2002, ‹ MontaVista Software Inc. (MontaVista�), the
company powering the embedded revolution, today announced that the
VisualAge® Micro Edition 1.4 (VAME) for Hard Hat® Linux® 2.0 is available
immediately to subscribers of the Hard Hat Linux Professional Edition. This
add-on product to Hard Hat Linux provides developers with a certified J2ME�
Java� environment as well as expanded support for a variety of platforms
including x86/IA-32, PowerPC, MIPS, Hitachi SuperH, StrongArm, ARM and Intel
Xscale.

³Java is used in virtually every market served by MontaVista Software. Its
adoption is moving especially fast in the emerging market for automotive
information systems that provide in-car computing services such as
navigation systems and multi-media data services; in consumer electronics,
especially advanced PDA applications and digital set top box applications;
and in the remote control and monitoring market for home gateway services²
said Mike Mathews, Java  Product Marketing Manager.

The two evolving 'open' software standards, embedded Linux and embedded
Java, are ideally suited for developing systems for pervasive computing
solutions. The new VAME 1.4 from IBM/OTI is a development and deployment
solution for building multi-modal Java applications and the embedded devices
that run them. The IBM tool-kit offers embedded applications developers all
the benefits of Java technology in a high performing, reliable and robust
environment. The combination of the J9 Virtual Machine and Hard Hat Linux
provide substantial advantages in terms of portability, developer
productivity and application performance.

In VAME 1.4 for Hard Hat Linux the J9 Virtual Machine and class libraries
are implemented specifically for each target and tested on each supported
platform. In addition to the VAME standard features, the MontaVista version
provides support of flash memory ROM for saving valuable embedded space; AWT
and MicroView tools for building graphical user interfaces (GUIs); and
Serial I/O support, which provides support for all standard RS232 platforms.

About VisualAge Micro Edition
VAME is an integrated development environment with runtime components
incorporating IBM¹s latest embedded Java technology, the J9� Virtual
Machine. VisualAge Micro Edition provides developers of embedded
applications with a complete set of tools for the creation, testing and
deployment of embedded Java applications.

About Hard Hat Linux 2.0 Professional Edition
Hard Hat Linux 2.0 Professional Edition boasts unrivaled development support
for the broadest range of embedded processor architectures, with more than
480 fully tested and supported host-target combinations. The feature-rich
product enables development and deployment for a wide variety of embedded
applications, providing a standard platform for designs in communications
infrastructure, networking, consumer electronics, instrumentation and
control.

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