VA Software offers free download of SFEE commercial software

Free Version of SourceForge(R) Enterprise Edition Available for First Time
Download Empowers Teams With Enterprise-Grade Collaborative Development
Software
FREMONT, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/08/2006 -- VA Software Corporation
(NASDAQ: LNUX), the online media, software and e-commerce leader in
community-driven Open Source innovation, today announced availability of a
free, full-feature version of its collaborative software development
platform, SourceForge Enterprise Edition (SFEE).
The download, which includes a perpetual, no-cost license for 15 users, is
available at www.vasoftware.com.
Built on the Java 2 Enterprise Edition J2EE? platform, SFEE provides
developers the features, scalability, reliability and robustness they
expect in an enterprise-class product. In developing SFEE, VA Software has
leveraged its deep understanding of software development processes gained
from operating SourceForge.net®, the world's largest open source community
development site which boasts more than 1.3 million developers and hosts
more than 121,000 projects.
"With SFEE we have a compelling platform for collaboration. Our developers
are spread all over the world, and SourceForge allows us to bring them all
together under one roof so they can ultimately be more effective. SFEE
gives developers the flexibility to work how they want while the real-time
activity tracking and project monitoring capabilities provide managers and
other team members with the transparency they need to stay informed of
project status," said Michael J. Sikorsky, CEO of Cambrian House Inc.
"SourceForge has enabled us to develop software and bring products to
market at fierce speed."

SFEE is optimized for the enterprise environment with features such as
LDAP and Wiki integration, workflow tracking capabilities, role-based
access controls and support for multiple Software Configuration Management
(SCM) tools. With SFEE, development teams of any size can work effectively
to deliver higher-quality products more rapidly. This download lets
development teams experience the benefits of the powerful collaborative
capabilities of SFEE.
"No other vendor of collaborative development software on the market today
offers such an easy option for evaluation and testing," said Liz Barnett,
principal analyst at EZ Insight Inc. and editor in chief of the Agile
Journal. "VA is offering developers and development managers a no-risk,
no-commitment option for evaluating its highly productive toolset.
Development teams should take advantage of the download at the start of
their next project and experience the benefits of SFEE firsthand." "We
want to make it as easy as possible for developers to access the power of
SourceForge," said Darryll Dewan, group president, SourceForge
Enterprise Software. "With this free download development teams can
quickly deploy and reap the benefits from the flexibility and
collaboration capabilities of SourceForge Enterprise Edition."
About VA Software
VA Software Corporation (NASDAQ: LNUX) is at the center of today's
technology revolution and incites innovation by empowering the IT and
developer communities with information, community support and software. VA
Software is the parent company of OSTG, Inc. (Open Source Technology
Group), and the creator of SourceForge. SourceForge.net® is the global
nexus for the Open Source community with more than 121,000 Open Source
projects and over 1.3 million registered users. SourceForge Enterprise
Edition is an enterprise-grade version of SourceForge for optimizing and
managing distributed development within the enterprise. SourceForge On
Demand, a hosted version of SourceForge Enterprise Edition is available on
a project-basis for development teams or workgroups in any size
organization.
SourceForge.net is a trademark or registered trademarks of OSTG, Inc., in
the United States and/or other countries. VA Software, OSTG, and
SourceForge are trademarks or registered trademarks of VA Software
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other product
or brand names herein are the properties of their respective owners.


Primary Capabilities
Track Requirements and Software Issues: SourceForge Enterprise Edition
tracker captures and monitors bugs, requirements, feature requests and
other project issues. Administrators can create customizable fields, and
generate reports based on tracker data. Using the integration with source
code management systems, code changes that fix a bug can be rapidly
identified.

Collaborate with Offsite Development Teams: SourceForge Enterprise Edition
enables collaboration by gathering all project data. They can be accessed
by team members - providing visibility into project status and individual
responsibilities. Collaboration tools include Wiki, document management,
discussion forums and mailing lists. Role based access control can be used
to manage what data off-site teams are allowed to view and modify.

Integrate and Connect: SourceForge Enterprise Edition has workflows for
defect tracking. Rules can be specified to manage state transitions and
control which users are allowed to make changes. Automated monitoring,
assignment and notification capabilities are also provided.

Get Project Visibility: SourceForge Enterprise Edition provides clear
visibility into project status and statistics together with full
drill-down capability. Project leaders can see centralized roll-ups of
development work. Developers can use the integrated Wiki to document their
project activities. Associations can be created between various objects
and project artifacts.
.
Find Project Documents: SourceForge Enterprise Edition can be used to
manage, version, review, and distribute project documents. Audit logs
provide traceability for all changes. Unified search is enabled across
projects and applications ? documents in a variety of file formats are
automatically indexed.

About VA Software

VA Software Corporation (NASDAQ: LNUX) is at the center of today's
technology revolution and incites innovation by empowering the IT and
developer communities with information, community support and software. VA
Software is the parent company of OSTG, Inc. (Open Source Technology
Group), and the creator of SourceForge. SourceForge.net® is the global
nexus for the Open Source community with more than 121,000 Open Source
projects and over 1.3 million registered users. SourceForge Enterprise
Edition is an enterprise-grade version of SourceForge for optimizing and
managing distributed development within the enterprise. SourceForge On
Demand, a hosted version of SourceForge Enterprise Edition is available on
a project-basis for development teams or workgroups in any size
organization.

SourceForge.net is a trademark or registered trademarks of OSTG, Inc., in
the United States and/or other countries. VA Software, OSTG, and
SourceForge are trademarks or registered trademarks of VA Software
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other product
or brand names herein are the properties of their respective owners.