Re: Linux in the news

["Scott M. Stone" <sstone@example.com>]

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.

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Scott M. Stone, CCNA <sstone@example.com>
UNIX Systems and Network Engineer
Taos - The SysAdmin Company