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QUINTALINUX LIMITED
Suite 2209-2217
22/F Metro Centre II
21 Lam Hing Street
Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong
Phone: 011-852-2893-2682
Fax: 011-852-2572-2131
Contact: David C. V. Lee Investor Relations:
CEO Dan Matsui/Eugene Heller
Quintalinux Limited Silverman Heller
Associates
(852) 2893-2682 (310) 208-2550
[email protected] [email protected]
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Quintalinux and Red Flag Software
In Cooperative Marketing Agreement
Kowloon Bay, HONG KONG (September 29, 2000) - Quintalinux Limited ("Company")
(Nasdaq: QLNX), a leading technology services provider in the Peoples Republic
of China and Hong Kong, which contracts high technology, "intelligent building"
construction and interior design services and is a leading provider of Linux
systems and solutions, today announced a cooperative marketing agreement with
Red Flag Software Co., Ltd. ("Red Flag"), China's top developer and distributor
of Linux operating and application software, under which Quintalinux will market
Red Flag Linux solutions in Hong Kong.
The agreement runs for two years with an automatic one-year extension. As a Red
Flag solution provider, Quintalinux will market Red Flag solutions, including
operating software for servers, desktops, and embedded platforms, to businesses,
consumers, and other users in Hong Kong. Among Red Flag's Linux offerings is an
operating system with a complete Chinese environment.
In a recent interview (July 28, 2000, PR Concepts Company Limited/Reuters), Liu
Bo, Red Flag's president and CEO, commented that with Beijing supporting
development of Linux-based software, he expects strong growth for Linux in
China. He also estimated that Linux would account for as much as 25% of the
server market in 2000, compared to 13.6% in 1999 and 1% in 1998, and that Linux-
based desktops would account for about 10% of desktop sales.
"We are pleased to be offering Red Flag's popular Linux applications in Hong
Kong," remarked David Lee, CEO of Quintalinux. "Adding Red Flag to our line of
Linux solutions further broadens our product line and enables us to serve the
fast-growing market for Linux-based systems. Product expansion and increasing
market share are keys to meeting the Company's sales goals this year and for
achieving the Company's longer term growth objectives."
"Our aim is to commercialize science research into products and bring them to
the market, not just in China but to the world," said Sun Yufang, Red Flag's
chairman.
About Quintalinux:
Quintalinux Limited is a leading technology services provider for business and
enterprise clients in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and Hong Kong,
including a list of large, well-known, blue chip and multinational corporate
clients. With over 18 years of experience, the Company is a leading contractor
of high-technology, "intelligent building" total solutions, incorporating highly
reliable, flexible, and interoperable Linux operating systems in its commercial
interior construction and design applications, such as under-floor air
conditioning systems, architectural lighting systems, and information displays.
Additionally, through a majority-owned subsidiary, the Company is a leading
provider of Linux-based systems and solutions for businesses and consumers,
including Internet and e-commerce solutions.
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About Red Flag Software:
Red Flag Software Co. Ltd., nurtured by the Chinese government's top science
think tank and president Jiang Zemin's eldest son, is a leading developer and
distributor of Linux operating systems for servers, desktops and embedded
platforms, including on-site consultation, training, certification, and support
services in China. The company, controlled by the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
is also a provider of Linux applications for end-users. Red Flag has more than
20 years of experience with Unix and open systems, including over 18 years
serving the Chinese market, including offering a Linux operating system with a
complete Chinese environment.
Some statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor'' provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward looking statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause
actual results or performance of the Company to differ materially from future
results or performance expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements.
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