“Lineo(TM), Inc. today began shipping Embrowser(TM), an embedded
micro Web browser targeted at loyalty-based programs and affinity
groups, including on-line banking, hotels, apartment management
companies and Web-based retailers. Embrowser creates a customizable
Internet browsing interface for Internet enabled televisions and
other embedded devices.”
“Embrowser is currently based on DR DOS(R) and leverages the
broad set of existing drivers, development tools and engineering
knowledge base associated with DOS. The current DR DOS version is
easy to customize and maintains the well established stability of
DOS. Lineo is currently porting Embrowser to Embedix(TM),
Lineo’s embedded Linux(R) operating system based on OpenLinux(R)
from Caldera Systems. This Linux-based version is scheduled to
ship during fourth quarter 1999.”
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