Asia Times: NTT Group Firms Take Stakes in Linux Systems

[ Thanks to Jason Greenwood for this link. ]

"NTT Data Corp and NTT Comware Corp plan to buy interests in VA Linux Systems Japan, a Sumitomo Corp unit that specializes in creating Linux operating systems and related software, with a goal of co-developing Linux-based telecommunications systems.

"NTT Data and NTT Comware will pay 50 million yen (US$472,000) and 140 million yen to acquire 5-percent and 20-percent stakes, respectively, in VA Linux..."

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