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To: swisstrader who wrote (51043)	12/25/1999 9:47:00 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 108040

ANDOVER will run again with Linux red hot.....all the background you want----THE" YAHOO OF LINUX" Andover.Net (NASDAQ: ANDN) is the leading Linux destination, and the award-winning online IT network and foremost resource for the open source community, and the people building the Internet. Andover.Net includes the largest, most comprehensive collection of Linux sites, as well as IT news and reviews; downloadable resources for IT buyers & programmers; and e-Tools & content for Web builders. Andover.Net also provides advertisers with the most effective online advertising programs for targeting the people building the Internet, and, in particular, the open source community. Andover.Net's combined sites serve a total of over 2,000,000 unique visitors and 40,000,000 page impressions per month. Founded Andover.Net, Inc. was founded in 1992 as a successful software publishing firm. The company transitioned to Andover.Net in 1999 Headquarters Acton, Mass with offices in Holland, MI, McLean, VA, Sioux Falls, SD, and Wallrabenstein, Germany Advertisers More than 150 technology companies advertise on Andover.Net taking advantage of the network's targeted worldwide audience of 15 million people who are working to build the Internet. Current advertisers include: Adobe Apple Compaq Concentric Fat Brain Gateway Hewlett-Packard IBM Meridian Data Silicon Graphics Sony Sun Microsystems Web Sites LINUX SITES: Slashdot (www.slashdot.org), Freshmeat (www.freshmeat.net), ThinkGeek (www.thinkgeek.com), FreeCode(www.freecode.com), CROSS PLATFORM SITES: DaveCentral (www.davecentral.com), MediaBuilder (www.mediabuilder.com), AndoverNews (www.andovernews.com), The IT ManagersJournal (www.itmanagersjournal.com), The Internet Traffic Report (www.internettrafficreport.com), TechMailings (www.techmailings.com), TechSightings (www.techsightings.com). WINDOWS SITE: Slaughterhouse (www.slaughterhouse.com) Market Over 15 million builders of the Internet, including developers, designers, programmers and IT professionals. Site Statistics (6/99) Over 2 million unique visitors per month. Over 40 million page views per month. E-mail newsletters distributed to 70,000 subscribers daily. Demographics Andover.Net users have the following demographics: 69% are personally involved in purchasing computer products for their company, with an average company size of 150 people. 74% have made an online purchase with 77% likely to do so in the next year 89% plan to purchase a personal computer product in the next year 58% visit Andover.Net for buying information and reviews 54% visit Andover.Net weekly spending an average of two hours per week Average visitor spends 16.4 hours per week online Average visitor household income is $58,230 Management Bruce Twickler, President and CEO Peter Phelps, Chief Finanical Officer Adam Green, Chief Technical Officer Bill Dwyer, Vice President, Publishing Jim Patterson, Executive Vice President Derek Carroll, Vice President, Business Development Janet Holian, Vice President, Corporate Communications Employees 48