From: Jennifer Finlinson <jennifer@lineo.com> Subject: Lineo Participates in Open Source Efforts Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:18:00 To: lwn@lwn.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LINEO AND COSOURCE.COM ANNOUNCE OPEN SOURCE PROJECT COMPLETION Development tools enhanced through collaborative funding April 10, 2000 __ Lindon, Utah __ Lineo, Inc., a leading developer of embedded Linux system software™, and Cosource.com, the cooperative market for open source, today announced the successful completion of their first joint open source project. Lineo utilized Cosource.com's reverse-auction market to select a Linux developer to integrate the htDig search engine with Kdevelop, a leading open source development environment for Linux. Additionally, Lineo provided the majority of the funding for the Kdevelop project which is now publicly available under open source licensing. "Kdevelop is an excellent tool. By adding some specific enhancements that our customers needed, we increased its value significantly," said Tim Bird, Chief Technology Officer at Lineo, Inc. "Cosource.com provided us a way to solicit developers with Linux expertise, allowing us to make these enhancements available to everyone under Open Source licensing." Bernie Thompson, founder of Cosource.com noted, "Companies like Lineo now have access to a world_wide talent pool of open source developers through Cosource.com. Lineo's decision to collaboratively fund an open source enhancement is a sign that a whole new methodology for developing custom software is taking shape." Alexis Mikhailov, a software engineer in Cheboksary, Russia, was awarded the contract and successfully implemented Lineo's requested changes. The software is now available under the GNU project's GPL license, providing anyone full access to the source code. More information on the project is available at http://www.cosource.com/cgi_bin/cos.pl/bid/info/26. About Lineo: Lineo, Inc., the leading developer of embedded Linux system software, develops, markets and sells embedded Linux system software and applications that provide OEMs and consumers with simple, low_cost software for interacting with the Internet via embedded devices. Lineo owns the Embedix product family including Embedix Linux, Embedix SDK and Embedix Browser. Visit Lineo, Inc. at http://www.lineo.com. For more information, contact Lineo, Inc. via e_mail: info@lineo.com or telephone: (801) 426_5001. About Cosource.com. Cosource.com is a collaborative, reverse_auction web site enabling internationa l consumers and developers of Open Source products to work together to fund development of innovative software solutions. Cosource.com is a web service of Applix, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: APLX) Linux Division. Contact Norm Jacobowitz norm@cosource.com http://www.cosource.com/ All copyrights and trademarks are property of their respective owners. ### Lineo and Embedix are trademarks of Lineo, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark owned by Linus Torvalds. All other products, services, companies and publications are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. For More Information, Contact: Jennifer Finlinson Lineo, Inc. 801_426_5001 x264 Jennifer@lineo.com Norm Jacobowitz Cosource.com 206_633_4764 norm@cosource.com