Network Appliance joins OSDL

BEAVERTON, OR and SUNNYVALE, CA – December 10, 2003 – The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium of customers and leading technology
companies dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux, today announced that Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP), a leading provider of
enterprise network storage solutions, has joined OSDL and will bolster the Lab’s storage initiatives by participating in the OSDL Data Center Linux
(DCL) Working Group.

“Linux is becoming mainstream in large enterprises and is creating new challenges for storage,” said Suresh Vasudevan, vice president of Product
Marketing at Network Appliance. “By working closely with OSDL, we can better address these challenges with innovative and cost effective storage
solutions that can accelerate the adoption of Linux in the enterprise.”