From: Jennifer Thompson <JThompson@AckermannPR.com>
To: Jeff Hooper <JHooper@AckermannPR.com>
Subject: TeamLinux Completes Two Acquisitions, Announces New exploreStudio
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 15:59:24 -0400 

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Terry MacEwen
TeamLinux Corporation
937 427-5377
tmacewen@team-linux.com <mailto:tmacewen@team-linux.com>

Jeff Hooper
Ackermann Public Relations & Marketing
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TeamLinux Completes Two Acquisitions, Announces New exploreStudio Kiosk
Division
Nationwide open source professional services firm becomes a leading kiosk
and specialized device provider, fiscal 2001 revenues to exceed $15 million.


Dayton, Ohio, October 2, 2000 - TeamLinux Corporation today announced that
it has launched a new kiosk, specialized device and e-commerce solutions
business unit resulting from its acquisition of two of the nation's
established leaders in these technologies.  The acquisitions will catapult
the company into a leading position among the nation's top providers of
interactive technologies.  
	
In its latest of six acquisitions since launching in March, rapidly
expanding TeamLinux has acquired the assets of both NCR's Design Center and
Gem City Solutions.  Its new kiosk and special device design and development
business unit, which will be launched as "exploreStudio," will consist of
employees from all three companies.  The acquisitions combine the
manufacturing and customer relationship strengths of Gem City Solutions; the
Design Center's internationally recognized design and development expertise
with the open source design, software development and support capabilities
of TeamLinux.  exploreStudio will provide world-class end-to-end kiosk,
special device and e-commerce solutions to the banking, hospitality, retail,
food service, supermarket and government industries as well as other
developing interactive markets.   

"We estimate that the acquisition of Gem City's on-going customer base and
relationships will push our revenues in excess of $15 million for the new
fiscal year beginning October 1. exploreStudio (the former NCR Design
Center), and Gem City Solutions have strong reputations and portfolios that
demonstrate market-proven kiosk, special device and e-commerce solutions
featuring world-class design, innovative aesthetics,  solid user interface
and mechanical design," says Dan Maher, TeamLinux chief executive officer.
"The strategic acquisition of two of the nation's foremost leaders in
technology solutions enables our new exploreStudio division to provide
customers a single source for complete interactive solutions. TeamLinux now
offers total end-to-end solutions that include design, manufacturing,
service and support from prototype to large-scale rollouts."

The NCR Design Center

The former NCR Design Center is utilized by major banking, supermarket and
retail companies worldwide.  This team is an internationally recognized
design, development and manufacturing organization specializing in product
design and development, interactive kiosks, Web-enabled products, and
e-commerce applications.  Customers include AT&T, PNC Bank, Sears, Federated
Department Stores, 7-Eleven, Boston Market and the United States Postal
Service.

Multidisciplinary team members of the internationally recognized group
specialize in integrated solutions encompassing product design and
development; interaction and graphic design; communication design and
merchandising; technology integration; manufacturing; staging; and Web,
Internet and installation services.   While associated with NCR, the Design
Center was awarded more international design awards than any other U.S.
corporation from organizations including the Industrial Designers' Society
of America, Industrie Forum Design Hanover, The American Center for Design
and Business Week, Fortune and PC magazines.  

Gem City Solutions

The former Gem City Solutions is a division of Dayton based Gem City
Engineering, an ISO9000 approved company with more than 60 years of design,
engineering and manufacturing excellence.  This Division, started in 1997,
is a single source for design, engineering and manufacturing expertise that
puts public access interactive multimedia technology to work in a total
package or single solution. The company's interactive technologies are being
applied in retail shops, building lobbies, shopping malls and rail, bus and
air terminals. Gem City Solutions' customer base includes NCR, Airborne
Express, North Communications, Muze, Pixel Magic, Applied Science Fiction,
Reynolds and Reynolds, IBM, Blockbuster Video, and others.

About Team-Linux Corporation
TeamLinux is a leading professional services and product organization that
provides completely integrated enterprise solutions enabled by open
source/Linux technologies. The company's service offering includes
Enterprise Assessment, Network Design and Management, Information Security,
Database Design, Application Porting, Web Site Design and Implementation,
Network Operations Center Design and Deployment, Open Source and Linux
Training, Interactive Kiosks and Design Services, Internet Appliances and
Embedded Devices, and Industrial Design Services.

TeamLinux provides national coverage through its network of regional centers
of expertise.  Each regional office houses consulting professionals,
interoperability labs and complete training centers. 

Visit TeamLinux on the Web at www.team-linux.com <http://www.team-linux.com>
and exploreStudio at www.exploreStudio.com.

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