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The Mercury News: Linux Start-Up Gets More Funding

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 29, 2004

“MontaVista Software, the Sunnyvale start-up battling to bring
Linux open-source software to the consumer electronics market, said
it has raised an additional $7 million in venture capital and that
it will be profitable this year.

“The development is significant because it signals continued
headway by Linux in pushing into a market that has so far been
dominated by a single player…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

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