[azipa] Local company (fwd)

[der.hans]

moin, moin,

some news about MonteVista.

ciao,

der.hans
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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 07:00:02 -0700
From: francine@stealthmode.com
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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 




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