Re: Linux in the news

[Grendel <grendel@example.com>]

"Scott M. Stone" wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Frank Bennett wrote:
> 
> > This morning's Wall Street Journal reports that a consortium of 23
> > companies and two Japanese universities aims to create a Linux-based
> > embedded operating system for use with the next generation of phones and
> > other gadgets.  Looks like somebody finally figured out that standards
> > create markets.
> >
> > The firms include Toshiba, Sony, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric,
> > Canon, Elmic Systems, Lineo Japan, Red Hat, and Metrowerks.  The
> > universities are Waseda U and the Toyohashi Institute of Technology.
> >
> > The chairman of the consortium is to be Professor Tatsuo Nakajima of
> > Waseda.
> 
> yeah, this is the ubiquitous TurboLinux, for whom I used to write code and
> admin boxes.  hopefully this means that they WILL be doing an IPO soon.

Maybe when they put the employment links back up. Several months ago
they were on the US and J pages I recall, but just now I don't see them.

-grendel


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