Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. today announced it has been chosen as one of Communication Systems Design magazine's 'Comet' companies for 2002.

The third annual Comet awards honor companies that have the vision, focus, technology and risk-taking mentality to help them become significant players in the communications market. A team of editors from Communication Systems Design, EE Times, and CommsDesign.com develop and evaluate this list of the 'hottest' emerging communication companies. MontaVista was one of 20 award recipients, selected from a pool of 70 companies which made this year's semi-finalists.

“MontaVista Software has leveraged Linux's open architecture and inherent simplicity, robustness, and reliability, to the benefit of the data and telecommunications industry,” said Patrick Mannion, editor-in-chief of CSD. “Key partnerships with the likes of Intel, IBM, RadiSys, and GoAhead Software have shored up MontaVista Software's vision to bring about a revolution in real-time, carrier-grade embedded operating systems.”

 
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