New Distribution Team for LynuxWorks in Scandinavia

SAN JOSÉ, Calif., August 14, 2002—LynuxWorks™, Inc. today announced that is has appointed Scandinavian Embedded Solutions and Engineering AB (SESE) to be its distributor in the Scandinavian countries, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark. SESE will sell, support and provide both engineering and training services for all LynuxWorks products including BlueCat® Linux®, BlueCat RT, LynxOS® and LynuxWorks' recently launched JumpStart packages.

"We are very pleased to have been selected to represent LynuxWorks as this enables us to offer our customers the choice of a full range of field-proven, binary-compatible, embedded operating systems, from BlueCat embedded Linux through to the hard real-time LynxOS, and industry-leading tools and technical support," said Jan Brandberg, CEO of SESE. Brandberg, who founded SESE in June of this year, has over fourteen years of experience in the embedded systems market space, including a position as sales manager for LynuxWorks.

Commenting on the appointment, Gerry Winckler, managing director of LynuxWorks Europe said, "To support the continued growth in embedded systems, especially in embedded Linux, we need to consistently deliver the best engineering and support. I know that Jan and his team at SESE can do this and will use their experience and knowledge of the embedded space to deliver excellent service to our customers in the Scandinavian region."

Scandinavian Embedded Solutions & Engineering can be contacted at:

Scandinavian Embedded Solutions & Engineering AS
Slottagårdsgatan 9
SE-235 35 Vellinge, Sweden
Tel: +46 406 998 580
Fax: +46 406 998 581
E-mail: jan@sese.se
Web site: www.sese.se

About Scandinavian Embedded Solutions & Engineering AS

Founded in June 2002, SESE serves the embedded market with a strong focus on the operating system environments for both embedded Linux and RTOS. SESE offers engineering services, training and support for BlueCat Linux, BlueCat RT Linux and LynxOS applications. Turnkey solutions, including hardware, can be provided.

About LynuxWorks

LynuxWorks, the technology leader in the embedded software market, provides complete solutions that incorporate operating systems, software development products and services for the world's most successful communications, aerospace/defence, and consumer products companies. Established in 1988, the company is a founding member of the real-time operating systems (RTOS) industry, and a leading participant in the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC). LynuxWorks' headquarters are located in San José, California. The company focuses on leading the embedded software market in performance and openness and its products include the open-source BlueCat Linux and the scalable, Linux-compatible LynxOS real-time operating system. World-class companies use LynuxWorks' products, including: 3Com, Alcatel, Boeing, Ericsson, Hewlett Packard, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, Marconi, Mitsubishi, Motorola, NEC USA, Raytheon, TRW and Xerox.

LynuxWorks is a trademark and LynxOS and BlueCat are registered trademarks of LynuxWorks, Inc. Other brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of the respective holders. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

LynuxWorks press contacts

Kirsten Long Director, Marketing Communications LynuxWorks, Inc. USA +1 408-979-4404	Barbara Stewart Patterson & Associates USA 480-488-6909
Hamid Mirab Managing Director EMEA LynuxWorks Ltd. United Kingdom +44 208-906-9506	Peter van der Sluijs Neesham Public Relations Europe +44 1442-879222