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The Register: Sharp Linux PDA to be first next-gen Amiga device

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 2, 2001

[ Thanks to AMIGA2000 for this link.
]

Amiga’s next-generation operating system is at long, long
last to get a home of its own: Sharp’s upcoming Linux version of
the Zaurus PDA.

“While Sharp’s comments on the new device have focused on Linux
and Java as the twin foundations of its plan to return to the top
of the PDA totem pole, we noticed that the Java implementation the
company will use is UK software developer Tao’s Intent Java
Edition, a kind of platform-independent hybrid Java virtual
machine/just-in-time compiler.”

“Now, Tao’s technology also forms the basis of Amiga’s Amiga
Digital Environment. Amiga DE is essentially an object-oriented
rich media operating environment designed to be scalable across
multiple devices from cellphone to PCs, and – thanks to Tao –
operable on almost any CPU.”

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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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