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To: John F. who wrote (99561)	4/21/2000 4:16:00 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 108040

IDC Rates VA Linux Systems as a Top Five Linux Server Vendor in Q4 1999 IDC Commercial Systems and Servers Program Re-categorizes Rapidly Growing Company SUNNYVALE, Calif. and FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2000--VA Linux Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:LNUX - news) and International Data Corporation (IDC) today announced that IDC will re-categorize and track VA Linux Systems as a ``brand-name' vendor in its Commercial Systems and Servers program. With the re-categorization, VA Linux Systems ranks as one of the top five vendors in IDC's statistics on Linux server shipments for Q4 1999. On February 24, 2000, VA Linux reported $20.2 million in quarterly revenue for its most recent fiscal quarter, which ended January 31, 2000. Linux server revenue accounted for $18.9 million of VA's quarterly revenue, with the rest accounted for by professional services and workstation revenue. The revised Top 5 Vendors for Linux Server Unit Shipments, Q499 are as follows: -0- Q499 Market Share Compaq 18,088 25% IBM 7,001 10% Hewlett-Packard 5,429 7% Dell 5,158 7% VA Linux Systems 3,645 5% Fujitsu Siemens 2,286 3% Other 30,815 43% Total 72,422 100% Source: IDC, 2000 ``In our most recent quarter, VA Linux Systems grew at over 3 times the growth rate of the Linux server market at large,' said Brian Biles, vice president of marketing, VA Linux Systems. ``As the only vendor in the top five focused exclusively on providing Linux and Open Source solutions for Internet infrastructure, VA Linux is very pleased that our momentum has put us in the company of large vendors such as Compaq, IBM, HP and Dell in server sales.' ``According to the methodology used by the Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, VA Linux Systems' recent revenue growth will now move the company into our category of `branded' server vendors with over $50 million in annual revenue, and we look forward to tracking VA Linux Systems in the future,' said Vernon Turner, vice president of IDC's Worldwide Commercial Systems and Servers research program. ``Linux will become an important area of growth within the server market as more and more end users select Linux servers not just because of price but because of reliability, availability and performance as well.'