ADVISORY/Eazel Co-founder Andy Hertzfeld to Give Keynote at O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention.

    News/Assignment Editors & High-Tech Writers
    ADVISORY...for Wednesday (July 19)
    O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention

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   WHAT:        On July 19, Andy Hertzfeld, co-founder and software
                wizard of Eazel, Inc. (www.eazel.com), an open source
                company that is working to make Linux easier to use,
                will present the keynote address at this year's
                O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention, the world's
                largest event dedicated to open source. In his keynote
                entitled, "Open Source and the Personal Computer
                Revolution" Hertzfeld will travel back to the early
                days of the personal computer industry and open source
                development, and reflect on the evolutionary changes
                and the current open source movement. The O'Reilly
                Convention brings together open source leaders and
                offers informative sessions on topics including Linux,
                Apache, Mozilla, and sendmail.

    WHEN:       Andy Hertzfeld's keynote address will occur on
                Wednesday, July 19, at 8:45AM PST.

    WHERE:      Monterey Convention Center -- Monterey, CA. (O'Reilly
                Open Source Software Convention)

    INTERVIEW
    OPP:        Andy Hertzfeld is available to talk about the personal
                computer revolution and how it relates to today's open
                source movement. Topics from the keynote include
                Andy's own experiences at Apple, his contribution to
                the development of the Macintosh computer, the
                structural problems that affected the personal
                computer industry in the 1980's and the challenges and
                opportunities that lie ahead for the open source
                movement.

                  To arrange an interview with Andy Hertzfeld, please
                contact Greg Wood at 650/762-2838 DL.

    ANDY HERTZFELD
    BACKGROUND: Andy Hertzfeld is a software industry veteran who
                designed and implemented a large portion of the
                original Macintosh system software, including the User
                Interface Toolbox. He has designed groundbreaking
                software for a number of Macintosh products and
                co-founded General Magic in 1990. Hertzfeld is
                passionate about writing groundbreaking software that
                makes computers easier and more fun to use.

    O'REILLY
    BACKGROUND: O'Reilly & Associates business is comprised of
                publishing computer books, organizing conferences,
                selling software and online publishing. O'Reilly is
                the leading publisher of books for UNIX, X, the
                Internet, and other open systems, as well as a pioneer
                in online publishing. The company was recently awarded
                the Computer Press Association's (CPA) top honors for
                its PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide, 2nd Edition, by
                David Pogue, and The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings
                on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental
                Revolutionary, by Eric S. Raymond. O'Reilly
                conferences include the O'Reilly Open Source Software
                Convention, Perl Conference 4.0 and the O'Reilly
                Conference on Java.

    EAZEL
   BACKGROUND:  Founded in August, 1999, Eazel has an experienced
                senior management team that includes three of the
                members of the original Macintosh team at Apple. Mike
                Boich (Eazel CEO), went on from Apple to become CEO of
                Radius, then Rendition, Bud Tribble (Eazel VP of
                Engineering), co-founded Next Computer, and was
                formerly the CTO of the Sun-Netscape Alliance, and
                Andy Hertzfeld (Eazel co-founder), was a co-founder of
                General Magic after he left Apple.

                  Hertzfeld's enthusiasm for developing software using
                the open source model, combined with his experience as
                a leading user interface designer, gave him the
                impetus to start building a better Linux desktop. The
                business and engineering team he has assembled are
                passionate about providing the benefits of Linux to
                millions of users.

                  In addition to usability, the Eazel team is focused on
                an additional problem that Linux and other operating
                systems share: That users without extensive technical
                knowledge have a difficult time managing and
                maintaining their computers. Eazel's system management
                services, many of which are delivered via the web,
                help to solve this problem. For more information about
                the company, visit the Eazel Web site at
                www.eazel.com.

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    CONTACT: A&R Partners for Eazel, Inc.
             Greg Wood, 650/762-2838
             [e-mail]

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