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From: rhett <rhett@lineo.com>
Subject: Lineo announces the addition of a former Sun sales executive, Ishrat Hakim, and a partnership with Tao
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 8:56:00
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LINEO APPOINTS ISHRAT HAKIM AS VP OF ASIA PACIFIC SALES

Seasoned Sun Sales Executive Joins Lineo Sales Team in Silicon Valley


LINDON, Utah - Jan. 8, 2001 - Lineo™, Inc., a leading innovator in embedded
Linux systems, real-time and high availability solutions, today announced
the appointment of Ishrat Hakim as vice president of Asia Pacific sales
and corporate development. Effective immediately, Hakim assumes responsibility
for Lineo's overall sales strategy and execution in Asia Pacific for all
countries and sales channels. Hakim will also have responsibility for
Lineo investments and corporate development in Asia Pacific and will report
directly to Richard Larsen, senior vice president of worldwide sales for
Lineo. 

"Ishrat is a solid addition to the Lineo sales team and provides us with
the relationships, expertise and know how for doing business in the Asia
Pacific region," said Richard Larsen, senior vice president of worldwide
sales, Lineo, Inc. "Ishrat helps to round out the worldwide sales team
and provides us with a core competency in an area of the world that we
consider to be the epicenter of the embedded market. His past experience
is invaluable to the future success of Lineo."  

Hakim brings more than 20 years of direct and indirect software sales,
marketing and management experience to Lineo. Most recently, he headed
worldwide sales of the Solaris operating system at Sun Microsystems and
also served as the director of Asia Pacific Java and Network Systems product
sales. During his six years at Sun, he also led Sun's Asia Pacific market
penetration for consumer and embedded devices, wireless and broadband
service providers, smartcards and digital television. 

Prior to Sun, Hakim was with Unisys for more than 10 years in various
sales and marketing roles, including director of Asia Pacific sales where
he was responsible for revenue and setting up joint ventures in many Asian
countries.

Hakim holds a bachelor of science degree in electronic engineering and
computer science with honors from Bangalore University in India and has
attended the Executive Management Program at Stanford University. He speaks
nine languages, and volunteers on the board of a $5 million benevolent
organization focused on third world countries.  

About Lineo, Inc.
Lineo, Inc. provides Linux-based embedded systems, real-time and high
availability solutions that include software, hardware designs and professional
 services. Lineo's solutions allow OEMs to create devices and systems
that interact with the Internet while helping OEMs to reduce system requirement
s, per-unit costs and time-to-market. The company's key product lines
include: Embedix™ (embedded Linux system software), uClinux™ (embedded
Linux for MMU-less processors), NETtel (Linux-based Internet appliances
for secure networking) and Availix™ (mission-critical high availability
Linux cluster solutions). Contact Lineo at www.lineo.com, via e-mail to
info@lineo.com or by calling (801) 426-5001.


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by Linus Torvalds. All other products, services, companies and publications
are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. 

Press Only Contact:
Blake Stowell				Jennifer Finlinson
Lineo, Inc.				Lineo, Inc.
801-426-5001 ext.321			801-426-5001 ext.264
blake.stowell@lineo.com			jennifer.finlinson@lineo.com 


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