From:	 Rhett Glauser 
To:	 lwn@lwn.net
Subject: Lineo and Samsung Collaborate to form Lineo Korea
Date:	 Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:39:00


SAMSUNG AND LINEO COLLABORATE TO FORM LINEO KOREA

Samsung and Lineo Formalize Embedded Systems Joint Venture 


LINDON, Utah - April 18, 2001 -- Samsung Electronics, Samsung
Electro-Mechanics
 and Lineo,Ô Inc., a leading innovator in embedded systems, real-time
and high availability solutions today formalized their joint venture under
the name Lineo Korea. 

"Establishing Lineo Korea is a strategic move to further strengthen our
efforts with Samsung in establishing embedded Linux as the preferred operating
system among device manufacturers worldwide," said Bryan Sparks, CEO,
Lineo, Inc. "Since the establishment of the joint venture in October 2000,
we have seen increased interest from many global device manufacturers
in the areas of embedded Linux."

"The establishment of Lineo Korea will allow us to better compete in the
embedded market," said Byung Joo Kang, CEO, Lineo Korea. "We will be able
to continue to enhance our competence and marketing activities with Samsung
and Korea and create a tighter integration with the worldwide sales, marketing
and engineering organizations of Lineo. Because of Lineo's highly integrated
products and technology, we will be able to dramatically improve the level
and quality of service to our Korean customers as well as continue to
be the company who leads the Korean embedded Linux market now and in the
future."

The partnership between Samsung and Lineo was designed to provide embedded
systems solutions to the Korean market in general and to the Samsung group
of companies in particular. With the establishment of Lineo Korea, efforts
to provide embedded systems solutions may be pursued more vigorously.
The Lineo Korea office will continue operation just south of Seoul. Currently,
Lineo has offices in Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Korea and Taiwan,
and throughout Canada and the USA.

About Samsung Electronics 
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., with 1999 sales revenue of US $22.8 billion,
is a world leader in the electronics industry. The Korea-based firm has
operations in about 50 countries with 54,000 employees worldwide. The
company consists of three main business units: Digital Media System,
Semiconduc
tors, and Information & Communications Businesses.

About Samsung Electro-Mechanics 
Samsung Electro-Mechanics is an electronic parts manufacturing company,
which is well known for producing the best quality of products and having
high technologies. Founded in 1973, Samsung Electro-Mechanics started
out as a maker of electronic parts and has played a key role in Korea's
electronics industry ever since. Samsung Electro-Mechanics has amassed
an impressive bank of technology, which has allowed the company to become
a global company. At the same time, the company is preparing for the future
through ongoing investment in new technology acquisitions. Samsung
Electro-Mech
anics ambitious R & D program is creating core parts and components for
the electronics industries-areas where cutting-edge technology is crucial.
The people at Samsung Electro-Mechanics are proud to represent Korea's
largest producer of parts and components.

About Lineo, Inc. 
Lineo, Inc. provides embedded systems, real time and high availability
solutions that include software, hardware reference 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 requirements,
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), SecureEdge™ (Linux-based Internet appliances including
Internet routers, networked attached storage and firewalls), RTXC™ (general
purpose and DSP real-time operating system), BeaconSuite™ (x86 development
toolkit) 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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Press Only, Contact:
Amber Hunter
Lineo, Inc.
Tel: 801.426.5001 ext. 363
amber.hunter@lineo.com

John Cho
Lineo Korea
Tel: 82.31.718.8558
johncho2@esysoft.com