Press Release

RidgeRun ^tm Releases Open Source Service Discovery Protocol Enabling Bluetooth Wireless Device Users to get On-Demand Services

Boise, ID - March 12, 2001 - RidgeRun, Inc., today announced that it has successfully added support for Bluetooth Service Discovery Protocol (SDP) to the OpenBT Linux Bluetooth stack sponsored by Axis Communications. SDP will be incorporated into RidgeRun's upcoming distribution of DSPLinux which is focused on Texas Instruments' Digital Signal Processors (DSPs).

"SDP allows people with Bluetooth devices to wirelessly connect to nearby services," said Dan George, Vice-President of Product Development at RidgeRun. George continued, "Using SDP, your camera could use Bluetooth to send a picture wirelessly to a nearby digital picture frame, or across the world through a Bluetooth e-mail gateway."

RidgeRun has created the Bluetooth Piconet Neighborhood application that enables users to find services such as printing, file sharing, e-commerce or e-mail. RidgeRun has released the new SDP application code to the Open Source community as part of the OpenBT project at http://sourceforge.net/projects/openbt.

A Bluetooth piconet constitutes the units sharing a common channel. Up to eight interconnected devices can be supported on a single piconet, consisting of one master and up to seven slave devices.

Bluetooth is the new low-cost, low-power, wireless technology that is designed to eliminate the need for physical cables to connect a wide range of products, including cellular phones, PCs, headphones, audio equipment, and many more. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group, including all of the leading players in the telecommunications industry predict the Bluetooth market will grow from 11.5 million units shipped in 2000 to 671.8 million in 2005.

About RidgeRun, Inc.

About RidgeRun, Inc. is exclusively focused on bringing the reliability and flexibility of Linux to embedded Internet appliances based on DSPs (digital signal processors). RidgeRun's DSPLinux ^tm is an operating system that leverages the power of Texas Instruments' dual-core DSP architectures to deliver the performance leading platform for wireless, broadband and multimedia appliances using DSPs. These include mobile phones; digital cameras, audio and video players, automotive systems, set-top boxes, home networking gateways, and PDAs. The RidgeRun team has extensive experience in developing world-class embedded systems, fault-tolerant software and high performance Linux solutions. RidgeRun can be reached at www.ridgerun.com or by e-mail to info@ridgerun.com.