moin, moin, some news about MonteVista. ciao, der.hans -- # der.hans@LuftHans.com home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.Opnix.com # A t-shirt a day keeps the noose (tie) away. - der.hans ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 07:00:02 -0700 From: francine@stealthmode.com To: azipa@egroups.com Subject: [azipa] Local company BW2531 OCT 24,2000 7:16 PACIFIC 10:16 EASTERN ( BW)(CA-DEVELOPONLINE-3) MontaVista Announces Support Service for DevelopOnline.com Users; World's Leading Manufacturers Tap Linux Talent Pool to Drive Next Generation of Web-Enabled Devices     Business Editors/High-Tech Writers     SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2000--In a combined push to bring more Web-enabled electronic devices to market faster, MontaVista, a leading provider of the Linux operating system, will offer 30-day support services to users of DevelopOnline, an online product development center.     Working together, MontaVista and DevelopOnline intend to enable shorter time-to-market by allowing the exploding community of Linux software programmers to access new technology platforms over the Web.     Through MontaVista's support and DevelopOnline's new site, developers can test drive MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux on one or more alternative new open platforms. Next, they can choose the best fit for their new product design, whether it is a set-top box, Internet appliance, Web pad, or PDA.     Then, they can sign up for development support and begin to build their new electronic device -- all on the same site.     Opens the door to worldwide talent pool     In a world driven by software, yet encumbered by a lack of software programmers, companies like Compaq, Intel, Motorola and STMicroelectronics, already part of the DevelopOnline community, will now have open access to an estimated talent pool of more than 10 million Linux users.     By reducing the time a company spends on research and development, MontaVista and DevelopOnline are reducing the cost of development, and getting products in the hands of users, sooner. In effect, MontaVista and DevelopOnline have created a model for mass customization within the electronic-device market.     Now, next-generation products can be mass-produced while more readily tailored to the needs of the individual user.     "MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux and 30-day-support-service offering will unleash the growing number of Linux programmers for the growing number of Web-enabled devices," said James Ready, chief executive officer MontaVista.     "Companies are in the fight of their lives against time and lack of resources. MontaVista's support service offering on DevelopOnline's site cuts time by adding resources so companies can bring new products to market faster than ever before," said Alan Steinberg, chief executive officer of DevelopOnline.     About MontaVista     MontaVista Software Inc. combines expertise in embedded systems with expertise in Linux to offer open-source software solutions for the worldwide embedded-system market. Founded in 1999 by James F. Ready, a pioneer in real-time operating systems, MontaVista's principal offering is the Linux operating system tailored to the needs of embedded-system software developers, including those creating the new generation of Web-enabled devices.     By combining its expertise in embedded-system technologies and Linux, with complementary software from third-party partners, MontaVista is able to support the widest spectrum of CPU architectures, and board- and system-level platforms, of any embedded-Linux provider.     About DevelopOnline     Based in Tempe, Ariz., DevelopOnline provides an open platform development site for e-collaboration, designed to reduce the total cost of innovation by introducing foundational building blocks to the electronic design process over the Internet.     By reducing engineering cycle time, DevelopOnline can help to accelerate time to market initiatives through an open environment that fosters creativity and defines the quickest path between innovators, the latest technology platforms, and their target markets. DevelopOnline currently employs 85 people. --30--jae/ix* CONTACT: MontaVista Sam Paior, 831/234-1031 or Brodeur Worldwide Robert Edwards, 602/282-5453 Jamie Cohen, 602/282-5431 KEYWORD: ARIZONA CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS ELECTRONIC GAMES/MULTIMEDIA INTERNET SOFTWARE TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETING AGREEMENTS ==AZIPA========================================================= Arizona Internet Professionals Association Email Discussion List Future AZIPA events will start @ 5:30pm on Monday, November 13th, December 11th, 2000, and January 22, 2001 =========================================================AZIPA==