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Loki to Certify Games for Use with Linux Compatibility Features

San Jose, California — August 15, 2000 — Loki Software, Inc., the
leading publisher of best-selling games for the Linux operating system,
today announces a strategic alliance with Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
(BSDI), the foremost supporter of the FreeBSD Project.

Loki introduced fully-supported, shrink-wrapped commercial games to the
Linux community in 1999. While Loki has released Alpha and PPC versions
of their games whenever technically feasible, FreeBSD users had been left
to their own devices to make the games function on their open-source
operating system of choice.

Through this new partnership, Loki and BSDI will work together to ensure
Loki’s gaming titles are compatible with FreeBSD using the
Linux-compatibility features. Certified games on this configuration will
be fully-supported by Loki.

“Many people do not take games seriously, and this is a mistake,” said
Jordan Hubbard, Vice President, Open Source Solutions. “Availability of
Loki’s industry leading line up of Linux games is a huge win for us, as
we realize full well that games drive a large part of the overall
acceptance of any operating system, even a serious operating system like
BSD.”

“We are excited to be announcing our official support of FreeBSD’s Linux
compatibility libraries,” said Scott Draeker, president of Loki Software.
“FreeBSD users have been enjoying their Open Source operating system for
years, and many of them have been playing our games.”

Loki is now preparing several A-one titles for certification, including
the highly-anticipated SimCity 3000 Unlimited and Sid Meier’s Alpha
Centauri with the Alien Crossfire expansion pack. Other popular programs
to be certified soon include Quake III Arena, Soldier of Fortune, and
Descent3.

Specially-marked certified games will be available from The FreeBSD Mall
in addition to Loki’s Web site store.

NewsAlert is reporting that Linuxcare, Inc. has introduced Linuxcare Labs eTest, the first open-source tool that OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and IHVs (independent hardware vendors) may download to verify whether their
systems and components are compatible with Linux.

“Designed specifically for high-performance Internet infrastructure-grade computing, the new BSDi’s iXtreme Series is distinctly superior to `white box’ hardware and off-the-shelf systems from PC OEMs,” said Mark Garver, BSDi’s Group Executive, Marketing and Internet Systems Solutions, reported by NewsAlert.

Charles Cooper of ZDNet News ponders whether new found support for Linux will substantially erode MicroSoft’s share of the desktop market.

Combining the service technology and engineering expertise of Mission Critical Linux with the enterprise service experience and call management infrastructure of SGI Global Services, Mission-Critical Support for Linux now offers SGI customers the highest level of
support available for clients’ most essential systems reports NewsAlert.

NewsAlert reports that under this global partnership, HP will ship the TurboLinux operating system with all of its HP Kayak Linux systems sold in North America and Europe effective September 1, 2000.

eGrail announces charter membership with OSDN

OSDN is Andover.Net’s premier Linux/Open Source Destination, providing information, applications, service, support and commerce to over 50 percent of all Internet traffic to online Linux resources, reported by Business Wire.

Apogee Software today announced that Apogee’s Aphelion is being ported to PowerPC and Pentium/Pentium-compatible embedded processors running LynuxWorks’ LynxOS(R) real time operating system, ports running BlueCat(TM) Linux will follow shortly, reported Business Wire.

Martin Banks of AnchorDesk UK asks “has IBM lost the plot, or is it
playing a game whereby it ends up as one of the leaders of the Linux marketplace?”

Business Wire reports that The Open Source Development Network (OSDN), a newly-created division of VA Linux Systems today announced that Compaq, EMC, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM, Intel and Sun have joined as founding members of the OSDN Technology Partner Program. See also: eGrail announces charter membership with OSDN, on Business Wire.