“Lineo, with its sight on a future public offering, has
acquired Zentropix, the first of a series of moves to bolster its
effort to push Linux into non-PC computing devices.“
“The acquisition, announced today at the LinuxWorld Conference
and Expo here, means Lineo will be able to take advantage of
Zentropix’s work to let Linux run on systems that must respond
instantly–in “real time”–such as factory-floor robots with a stop
button….”
“The company is working on future deals that will enable Lineo’s
Linux products to work in sub-PC areas where Lineo is too big, Ball
said. In this new area, devices typically only have about 2
megabytes of memory, he said.”
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