Micron Electronics and HostPro to Participate in and Sponsor The University of Washington Business School E-Business Advisory Board

Business Wire, April 26, 2000

Business/High Tech Editors

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2000

-- Companies To Help Develop And Drive E-Business Curriculum --

Micron Electronics (Nasdaq:MUEI) and its Internet and Web hosting subsidiary, HostPro (www.hostpro.net), today announced that the companies will be active members on and sponsor the E-Business Advisory Board at the University of Washington Business School. The University of Washington School of Business E-Business Advisory Board is assembling top business leaders in the nation to develop a specific e-business focus within its curriculum in response to this rapidly expanding sphere of business.

"E-business and e-commerce are becoming regular strategies of all businesses, whether a traditional bricks and mortar business starting to embrace e-commerce or a company centered around doing business on the web," said Jill Smith, chief operating officer of Micron Electronics. "By working with the University of Washington and participating in the E-Business Advisory Board, we are helping to ensure that students have a curriculum that educates them on how to do business in the rapidly evolving and changing e-business world."

As a member of the E-Business Advisory Board, Micron and HostPro will designate a senior business development executive to represent them on the board and at advisory board meetings.

Micron's Internet and Web hosting subsidiaries, now unified under the HostPro brand, host more than 85,000 Web sites and have more than 45,000 paid hosting accounts, making it the fourth largest Web hosting company in the country. With data centers in Los Angeles; Seattle; Moses Lake, Washington; Boca Raton, Florida and Boise, HostPro provides industry-leading Web and application hosting solutions to small and medium-sized businesses around the world.

HostPro offers a broad range of e-commerce, application hosting and connectivity solutions and Web hosting products based on Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R), Microsoft Windows(R) 2000, Unix, and Linux platforms. Web hosting solutions range from entry-level shared and virtual servers to managed and unmanaged dedicated Web servers. Customers can also take advantage of virtual hosting capabilities and e-commerce tools through the "true" virtual server environment that allows users more control and administrative privileges than traditional hosting companies. More information about HostPro can be found at http://about.micronpc.com/investor/index.html.> About Micron Electronics

Micron Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:MUEI) is a leading direct provider of award-winning computer products, Internet offerings, Web hosting and business-to-business e-commerce applications for the small- and medium-size business, government, education and consumer markets. Micron Electronics and its subsidiaries have more than 2,700 employees and approximately $1.4 billion in fiscal 1999 revenues. The company is based in Nampa, Idaho, and can be reached at www.micronpc.com.

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