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VA Software Named "Cool Vendor" by Leading Analyst Firm Vendors Selection based on how Innovative, Impactful and Intriguing they are Fremont, Calif. April 19, 2005 VA Software (Nasdaq: LNUX), a leading provider of software, information and community support for IT and development professionals, today announced that it has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the "Cool Vendors in Application Development, 2005" report, published March 30, 2005 by Matt Light, Theresa Lanowitz and Joseph Feiman of Gartner, Inc. "We believe VA Software's SourceForge® Enterprise Edition continues to gain recognition from leading industry analysts and pundits for making distributed development cost-effective and secure," said Sheila Baker, senior vice president of marketing for VA Software. "We're honored that Gartner has recognized the growing reality of distributed software teams in the enterprise and the importance of tools like SourceForge Enterprise Edition to manage those environments." SourceForge Enterprise Edition is a secure, centralized application that connects disparate software development tools and processes. It contains a fully-integrated set of project management, change management and collaboration capabilities for optimizing and managing distributed software development. About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose. Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months. About VA Software VA Software (Nasdaq:LNUX) is at the center of today's technology revolution and incites innovation by empowering the IT and developer communities with information, community support and software. VA Software is the parent company of OSTG (Open Source Technology Group), formerly OSDN, and the creator of SourceForge. SourceForge.net® is the global nexus for the Open Source community with more than 98,000 Open Source projects and over one million registered users. SourceForge Enterprise Edition optimizes distributed development for Fortune 500 companies. OSTG is the leading online network for IT managers and development professionals. OSTG technology and e-commerce focused sites include Slashdot.org, SourceForge.net, ITManagersJournal.com, NewsForge.com, Linux.com, freshmeat.net, ThinkGeek.com, and AnimationFactory.com. OSTG serves more than 290 million page views and nearly 19 million unique visitors every month. For more information about VA Software, visit www.vasoftware.com. For more information about OSTG, visit www.ostg.com. Contact: Note to editors: VA Software and SourceForge are trademarks or registered trademarks of VA Software Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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