Sony PVR Powered by MontaVista Linux

FOR RELEASE ON NOV. 5, 2002

MontaVista Linux Powers Sony¹s New Internet-Connected Personal Video Recorder
Optimized Linux Platform Guarantees Interconnectivity and Service Reliability

TOKYO, Nov. 5, 2002 ‹ MontaVista Software, Inc., the company powering the
embedded revolution, today announced that MontaVista Linux® Professional
Edition 2.1 is the chosen operating system for the CoCoon Channel Server,
the new Internet-connected Personal Video Recorder (PVR) from Sony (NYSE:
SNE).

MontaVista Linux supports a range of enhanced interactive features in
advanced consumer electronics products such as CoCoon, by providing high
performance, real-time capability and service reliability. MontaVista Linux
is the widely used cross-development platform from MontaVista Software. As a
standard development platform for embedded designs, it enables developers to
create a broad range of applications, from solutions for consumer devices to
highly available telecommunications and data communications equipment.
MontaVista Linux Professional Edition allows developers to focus on their
value-add to their customers while enabling them to speed high-performance
products to market in a cost-effective manner.

³The consumer electronics market is currently undergoing a veritable
revolution, from stand-alone devices to intelligent, networked appliances in
which Linux is increasingly becoming the systems software of choice,² said
Hitoshi Arima, vice president, Sales (Japan), MontaVista Software. ³With its
CoCoon line of networked personal devices, Sony is blazing the trail into
this new world of consumer electronics, and we are proud to support this
trend with a robust Linux operating system that boasts broad hardware
support, openness, and first-class networking capabilities.²

According to a recent market research report from Venture Development
Corporation (VDC) consumer electronics is the fastest growing market segment
for Linux, at an annual growth rate of 49.0% and reaching $149.6 million in
shipments by 2006. VDC also estimated that
 consumer electronics will be the largest segment of the embedded Linux
market by 2006 with 43.2 percent of total revenue of $346 million. The
feature-rich MontaVista Professional
Edition is already being widely used for a wide variety of embedded
application designs in consumer electronics.

About MontaVista Software

MontaVista Software is a leading global supplier of systems software for
intelligent connected devices and their associated infrastructure, for
applications ranging from communications infrastructure to consumer
electronics. MontaVista powers the embedded revolution by providing
GNU/Linux-based open-source systems software solutions. Founded in 1999 by
real-time operating system (RTOS) pioneer James Ready, MontaVista Software¹s
principal products include MontaVista Linux® Professional Edition and
MontaVista Linux® Carrier Grade Edition. The Professional Edition comprises
a Linux-based embedded source and binary distribution, cross development
environments, and a versatile set of tools for the x86/IA-32, PowerPC,
StrongARM, MIPS, SH, ARM, XScale, Xtensa and other microprocessor
architectures. The Carrier Grade Edition is a next-generation high
availability product that is the first Commercial Off-The-Shelf Linux (COTS)
platform for telecommunications and carrier-grade applications. MontaVista
Software also provides several complementary technology products addressing
specific customer needs, such as Java development and runtime, powerful
graphics capabilities and more.

Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale, Calif.,
MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by leading investors
such as Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, WR Hambrecht +
Co., IBM, Intel Capital, Panasonic and Sony Corporation.

For more information about MontaVista Software, please visit
http://www.mvista.com, email to info@mvista.com or call (408) 328-9200.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MontaVista is a trademark
of MontaVista Software Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks,
registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

Contacts:
MontaVista Software
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. (for MontaVista Software)
Phone (408) 293-8600 ext. 340
E-mail: pcolby@pacifico.com