• Joins broad ecosystem of premier industry players including IBM, Intel, MontaVista and QNX for the device space
• Drives next level of industry standardization; helps companies further industry standardization

ALAMEDA, Calif. – March 8, 2005 –Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO) and the Eclipse Foundation today announced that Wind River will propose and lead an Eclipse Device Software Development Platform project, the first project specifically for device software development. Wind River elevated its membership status with the Eclipse Foundation from being an add-in provider to Strategic Developer and will further incorporate Eclipse-based technology into Wind River products. With the Device Software Development Project, Wind River is bringing its expertise in device software development and run-time solutions to the Eclipse community to foster industry standardization and innovation to help companies develop and run device software better, faster, more reliably and at a lower cost.

"The goal of Eclipse is to create a universal development platform to enable global enterprises to develop software more efficiently," said Mike Milinkovich, executive director, Eclipse Foundation, Inc. "Wind River has deep experience in device software and will provide the vision, technology and resources to enhance the Eclipse platform specifically for embedded software development. The addition of the Device Software Development Platform project will help expand Eclipse's presence in embedded computing, a key focus area for the foundation as outlined in the recently unveiled Eclipse Roadmap."

Eclipse has gained tremendous traction in the enterprise market and is focused on replicating this success into several key areas, including embedded systems where vendors have started to adopt Eclipse technology for development tools in the device space. The Device Software Development Platform project will build on this success by creating an open source tools infrastructure that is supported by multiple vendors. In the future, developers will find that the Device Software Development Platform enables them to easily create software that operates across a wide range of operating systems, connection mechanisms and target architectures. The Device Software Development Platform will initially focus on a framework and exemplary tools for target management that will enable developers to deploy, debug, and analyze applications on a device as well as the configuration of operating system and middleware components.

"By bringing the Device Software Development Project to the market, Wind River will help change the way device software development is done," said John Bruggeman, chief marketing officer for Wind River. "Manufacturers will now be able to standardize on choice — using a widely accepted, fully integrated development platform that supports all Eclipse technologies and is backed by an unprecedented ecosystem of industry-leading companies."

Eclipse Strategic Developers have pledged support for the Device Software Development Platform:
"Intel welcomes Wind River's participation in Eclipse and looks forward to their initiation of the new Device Software Development Platform project," said Jon Khazam, vice president and general manager of Intel's Software Products Division and Eclipse Foundation board member. "There is a strong interest in Eclipse-based development tools for device-level software. Wind River's efforts will help accelerate the move to a common shared infrastructure among tools vendors, reducing time to market and providing greater consistency and interoperability to developers."

"As a founding member of Eclipse, IBM welcomes Wind River's proposal to help standardize device development via the Device Software Development Platform project, bringing the benefits of Wind River's experience and Eclipse's open environment to the device development community," said Stephen Saunders, development director, IBM Rational. "Providing a standard way to build embedded applications will help accelerate software development and innovation in the rapidly-growing device space."

About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop and run device software faster, better, at a lower cost and more reliably. Wind River Platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized enterprise-wide development solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk, and optimize quality and reliability at all phases of the device software development process from concept to deployed product.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or call Wind River at 1-800-872-4977.

The Wind River logo is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc., and Wind River is a registered trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

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• Wind River brings open standards and solutions to Device Software Optimization (DSO)
• Joins Eclipse as Strategic Developer of newly proposed project for device software development
• Contributes VxWorks implementation of Transparent Interprocess Communications (TIPC) to SourceForge
• Collaborates with the open source community projects and key consortia
• Introduces the Device Software Optimization Awareness Program

ALAMEDA, Calif. – March 8, 2005 –Reaffirming its commitment to the shift toward open standards in software development, Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO) today outlined its strategy to deliver high-value solutions to developers seeking to take full advantage of open source technologies. Wind River has proposed the Device Software Development Platform project with the Eclipse Foundation to accelerate device design development, introduced a project at SourceForge around the open source cluster communication protocol TIPC, and announced continued work with key open source projects Free Software Foundation, Kernel.org, OSDL Carrier Grade Linux Working Group (CGL) and CELF. Rounding out an extensive initiative around openness, Wind River has launched the Device Software Optimization Awareness Program to foster open innovation and provide global interoperability among connected devices.

As software becomes increasingly complex and time-to-market windows shrink, device manufacturers are requiring development solutions that allow standardization across multiple projects, operating systems and hardware to reduce costs and allow more time to add competitive value. In the past, software development practices were often fragmented and required long lead times for developing and running intelligent and connected device software. Wind River bridges those gaps and addresses the market shift toward consolidation, openness and standardization. Integral to this transformation is the incorporation of open source technologies with development tools and runtime environments. Today's announcements reinforce Wind River's commitment to reshaping the device software development landscape by promoting the adoption of open standards and facilitating the collaborative development model.

"Wind River has a long history of leading technology design and device development," said John Bruggeman, chief marketing officer for Wind River. "In just nine months, we have gone from zero to sixty in our efforts to embrace openness. By enabling device manufacturers across all industries to benefit from industry standards and accelerate innovation, Wind River is enabling our customers to develop highly sophisticated devices better, faster, more reliably and at a lower cost with all the benefits of open source."

Strong Open Source Support
In keeping with a long tradition steeped in setting the device builders' agenda, Wind River is expanding its support of open software development through participation in key open source projects. By contributing to Eclipse an open framework for device development and offering updates to the TIPC protocol that provides the portability of code between Linux and Wind River’s VxWorks operating systems, the company is fostering a collaborative environment to best support the needs of the open source community.

Already a major contributor in the open source community, Wind River is also an active sponsor in key open source initiatives such as the Eclipse Foundation, kernel.org, GNU, OSDL Carrier Grade Linux Working Group (CGL) and Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF).

Industry groups and analysts commend Wind River's embrace of openness as a way to better leverage development investments:
"Wind River has made outstanding progress over the past year or so in fostering open innovation," said Jerry Krasner, founder and principal analyst, EMF. "With today's announcements, the company is clearly committed to accelerating the shift toward standardization and open development solutions, two areas that are absolutely necessary to allow manufacturers to focus more on competitive differentiation."

"Open source enables more innovation and can lower the cost of development and implementation," said Stacey Quandt, senior business analyst and open source practice leader for Robert Frances Group. "The development of open standards in open source ensures interoperability, and this holds long-term benefits for the device software market."

"Companies have long been hampered by the need to migrate among incompatible, proprietary operating systems and tool suites to match specific device design requirements," said Rick Lehrbaum, founder of LinuxDevices.com and industry pioneer in the embedded computing market. "By embracing open source platforms like Linux and Eclipse, Wind River -- the largest supplier of proprietary embedded OSes -- is helping to simplify device development, a process that has become dominated by spiraling software development costs, risks, and schedule slips. The company's new approach, which offers customers the choice of either Linux or VxWorks within a consistent, open development framework, addresses an important need in the market."

"The OSDL strongly supports community-based initiatives by its member companies," said Bill Weinberg, OSDL open source architecture specialist. "By opening its TIPC implementation, by its strategic commitment to Eclipse, and by its very visible investments in Linux for device software, Wind River shows how companies can build strong business models around Open Source and Linux."

"Wind River's commitment to GCC is demonstrated by its long history of promoting its use with VxWorks and a strong desire to see all of our joint work on GCC made available in the FSF source trees as soon as possible," said Mark Mitchell, chief sourcerer of CodeSourcery and the FSF Release Manager for GCC. "CodeSourcery is proud of its work with Wind River in providing GNU Toolchains for Wind River's VxWorks Edition and Linux Edition Platforms."

If you would like to learn more about the synergies between Device Software Optimization and open source software, please visit www.windriver.com/announces/eclipse.html.

About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop and run device software faster, better, at a lower cost and more reliably. Wind River Platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized enterprise-wide development solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk, and optimize quality and reliability at all phases of the device software development process from concept to deployed product.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or call Wind River at 1-800-872-4977.

The Wind River logo is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc., and Wind River is a registered trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

Contact Information
Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications