Trolltech and Lineo Announce Embedded Linux Partnership

"Trolltech AS, a leader in C++ cross-platform GUI application frameworks, today announced that itis collaborating with Lineo, Inc. the leading embedded Linux solution provider, to offer a complete embedded Linux software solution to manufacturers of embedded devices. The combination of Lineo's Embedix Linux software with Trolltech's Qt/Embedded GUI will provide customers with a valuable solution for their embeddedLinux software requirements at a low-cost while achieving high performance and rapid time-to-market."

"Trolltech will become a certified partner with Lineo's Partner Connect program. This will consist of joint marketing and sales efforts, including certification with Lineo's Embedix family of products."

"We are very committed to embedded Linux," said Haavard Nord, Trolltech's CEO. "We announced in June the beta release of Qt/Embedded and we have already signed some major deals. The partnership with Lineo will certainly assist us to achieve a widerdistribution to our target market. Qt/Embedded allows us to enter the embedded Linux market while it is in its infancy and we feel that the partnership with Lineo will not only aid our companies, but will also help to add momentum to the embedded Linux movement."

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