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The Register: Acer takes Transmeta punt

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 10, 2000

“Tim Brown, editor of Mobile Linux, tells us that in Q3 Acer
will intro a yellow WebPad using the 3120 Crusoe chip, and the
Mobile Linux operating system.”

“We anticipated that Acer would be one of the first off the mark
when we broke the nature of the Transmeta offerings 18 months ago,
but are a little surprised that FIC showed its hand at Computex
while the much bigger Acer was more reticent.”

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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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