LinuxPR: MontaVista Invests in Support and Services -- Anderson Hired as Director | Linux Today

LinuxPR: MontaVista Invests in Support and Services — Anderson Hired as Director

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 14, 2000

MontaVista Software Inc., developer of the Hard Hat(TM)
Linux (R) operating system for embedded computers, today announced
that as part of its investment in support and services
infrastructure the company has hired Kristin Anderson as director
of support.

“MontaVista Software Inc., developer of the Hard Hat Linux®
operating system for embedded computers, today announced that as
part of its investment in support and services infrastructure the
company has hired Kristin Anderson as director of support. Anderson
brings with her 16 years of experience at Hewlett-Packard Co. in
support and services management, and her hiring completes the
MontaVista technical management team.”

“Bringing Kristin on board demonstrates MontaVista’s
MontaVista’s strong commitment to a growing list of Hard Hat Linux
customers,” comments MontaVista Software President and CEO Jim
Ready, a pioneer in real-time/embedded operating systems. “Kristin
joins a technical team with open source, UNIX/POSIX computing and
embedded systems know-how unparalleled in the industry.” Kevin
Morgan, MontaVista vice president of engineering, adds, “The open
source business model demands a 100 percent commitment to quality
support and services, and Kristin is the right person to help
MontaVista deliver on that commitment.”

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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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