1. MSC.Linux Dr. Stefan Mayer European Technical Sales Manager, Linux Division MSC.Software GmbH, Munich

2. Who is MSC.Linux? o Dedicated MSC.Software division o Powerful interactive infrastructure o Activities o Research and Development o Business Development o Sales and Marketing o Support, Services and Training

3. Organizational Structure MSC.Software Linux Mechanical Solutions Working Knowledge Engineering-e.com

4. Why Linux? o Very cost-efficient o Very stable, e.g. web servers o Highly scalable from laptops to high-performance cluster supercomputing o Supported by all major hardware vendors o Leverage UNIX expertise o Enthusiastic supporters all around the world

5. Why MSC.Linux? o Several thousand customers o Reflecting general market trends o High entry barrier for competition o Excellent relationships with major hardware vendors o MSC.Software understands the work of engineers o Established High Performance Computing

6. Established Customers

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8. Why MSC.Linux? o Established customer base o Reflecting general market trends o High entry barrier for competition o Strong worldwide presence o Expertise in: o Numerical performance o Distributed & parallel memory o Application tuning/porting o Kernel tuning o Software Configuration Mgmt. & Testing

9. Linux Kernel MSC.Linux Business Model

10. MSC.Linux Business o Services o Porting o Training and Support o Embedding engineering software into your processes o Software o Engineering Applications o High Performance Computing o Appliances o 2Go Solutions o High Performance Clusters

11. MSC.Linux Services o Porting o Tuning o Parallel Processing o Education, Training and Support o Process & Systems Integration, e.g. MSC.Nastran API o IT Services

12. MSC.Linux Software o Engineering applications o MSC.Software o 3rd Party o High performance computing OS o Compelling price-performance o Easy to implement and support o Open source contributions o MSC.Linux distribution in second half of 2000 o Desktop environment o Tools for the Engineer and Designer

13. MSC.Linux Appliances o High performance turnkey systems 2Go o Engineering Solutions o Clusters o New market opportunities

14. MSC.Linux: Customer Benefit o Compelling price-performance alternative o Tier II Supplier example: qDesire improved throughput, limited budget qIntel-based cluster versus Unix RISC cluster q5X reduction in h/w costs, comparable throughput o Most customer applications on Unix today o Leverage investments o Linux port easy versus NT o Retain benefits of Unix

15. MSC.Linux: Conclusions o Leverage expertise to provide o High performance applications o Parallel processing o Porting o Services o Kernel tuning as required o Worldwide business infrastructure o Well established customer base