LinuxPR: John R. Egan Joins Lineo Board Of Directors | Linux Today

LinuxPR: John R. Egan Joins Lineo Board Of Directors

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 15, 2000

Egan Managed Capital and Motorola Computer Group Invest in
Lineo.

“Lineo Inc., the leading developer of embedded Linux® system
software, today announced that John R. Egan joined the Lineo Board
of Directors. Egan, formerly Executive Vice President at EMC
Corporation, brings a rich history of successful business
management to Lineo’s Board of Directors. Additionally, Lineo
announced that Egan Managed Capital and Motorola Computer Group
(MCG) (NYSE: MOT) recently made private investments in Lineo.”

“We are excited that Egan Managed Capital and Motorola Computer
Group have recognized Lineo’s leading position in embedded Linux, a
technology we believe will soon dominate the embedded system
software market,” said Bryan Sparks, CEO of Lineo, Inc. “John
Egan’s tremendous depth of sales and marketing experience has
already helped us on our way toward building Lineo into one of the
industry’s great system software companies.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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