TurboLinux Retail Sales in U.S. Increase 10x Faster Than Market; March Unit Sales of TurboLinux in Retail Market Triple Over January

Business Wire, April 25, 2000

Business Editors & High Tech Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2000

TurboLinux(R), Inc., the high performance Linux company, announced today that retail unit sales of TurboLinux products in the United States grew 200 percent from January to March, 10 times faster than the overall market, according to PC Data, the leading retail market research firm.

Measured by unit sell-through in retail stores, the latest PC Data survey information shows that TurboLinux March sales tripled over January figures, compared to an overall market growth rate for the same period of 20 percent.

TurboLinux, which only entered distribution channels in North America at the end of 1999, jumped to the number three retail sales position in March narrowly ahead of several established Linux vendors who have been selling in the U.S. market for years.

We are pleased that customers in America are discovering TurboLinux products, said George Sun, vice president of sales, TurboLinux. We have been very successful in Asia and we hope our entrance into the U.S. market will help spur overall growth and innovation for Linux to give customers even more value for their money.

PC Data

PC Data, a market intelligence firm, is the computer industry's primary source for software and hardware sales information. PC Data tracks software and hardware products that are actually selling, and supplies this sales information to more than 800 clients in the computer software and hardware industries. Founded in 1991, PC Data is based in Reston, VA with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle. For more information about PC Data go to www.pcdata.com.

About TurboLinux Inc.

Founded in 1992, TurboLinux is the worlds fastest-growing Linux company with investment backing from more than 20 global computer companies, including BEA, Compaq, Dell, Intel, Fujitsu Support and Services, Legend, NEC, Novell, NTT, Oracle, SCO and Toshiba. A market leader in Linux software clustering solutions and Linux internationalization, the company's high-performance consumer and business Linux products run on Intel, Alpha and PowerPC workstation and server platforms and are supported globally by IBM, Hewlett-Packard and SCO. Headquartered near San Francisco, TurboLinux has regional offices in Beijing, Buenos Aires, Hamburg, Tokyo and Sydney. The company's home page is located on the Internet at www.turbolinux.com, in Japanese at www.turbolinux.co.jp and in Chinese at www.turbolinux.com.cn.

Retail Share of Sales for Operating System (Linux Platform)
PC DATA RETAIL

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                                                               Jan-Mar
Rank  Publisher        Jan-00  Unit Share  Mar-00  Unit Share   Growth
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 1    Red Hat          12,059    34.8%     14,778    35.5%         23%
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 2    Linux-Mandrake/
       Macmillan        9,684    28.0%     12,957    31.1%         34%
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 3    TurboLinux        1,140     3.3%      3,624     8.7%        218%
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 4    Corel             4,418    12.8%      3,614     8.7%        -18%
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 5    S.U.S.E.          4,902    14.2%      3,570     8.6%        -27%
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 7    Caldera           1,371     4.0%      1,912     4.6%         39%
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 8    Walnut Creek        628     1.8%        606     1.5%         -4%
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 9    Loki
       Entertainment      341     1.0%        401     1.0%         18%
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 10   Terra Soft
       Solutions           63     0.2%         63     0.2%         0%
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 11   Stormix                      -           26     0.1%          -
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 12   Mandrake                     -           25     0.1%          -
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 13   LinuxOne                     -           16     0.0%          -
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 14   Info Magic           16     0.0%          7     0.0%        -56%
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                       34,622    100.0%    41,599    100.0%        20%
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