From:	 Rhett Glauser <rhett@lineo.com>
To:	 lwn@lwn.net
Subject: Lineo, Insignia, Trolltech and Opera establish open standards Java and Linux platform
Date:	 Mon, 4 Jun 2001 15:14:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


EMBEDDED INDUSTRY LEADERS ESTABLISH OPEN STANDARDS JAVA AND LINUX PLATFORM
FOR DEVICE MANUFACTURERS  

Insignia, Lineo, Opera and Trolltech combine to create 
Embedix Plus for Smart Handheld Devices

SAN FRANCISCO - June 4, 2001 - JavaOne - Lineo™, Inc. a leading innovator
in embedded systems, real-time and high availability solutions, today
announced it has created a new open standards platform based on Java and
Linux with several key partners including Insignia Solutions (Nasdaq:
INSG), Trolltech AS and Opera Software AS. The new software platform,
Embedix Plus for Smart Handheld Devices, will incorporate Lineo Embedix
SDK, Insignia Jeode™ Java Virtual Machine technologies, Trolltech Qt/Embedded™
graphical user interface and the Opera 5 for Linux Web browser. The platform
has been developed to provide manufacturers with a complete solution to
more quickly produce smart handheld devices, PDAs and other information
appliances.  

"IDC forecasts show the embedded and handheld operating environment market
growing at well over 30 percent per year through 2005, with a lot of that
growth coming from devices having form factors that can leverage infrastructure
 services like a JVM and a browser," said Al Gillen, research manager,
system software, IDC. "Integrating these services into a Linux embedded
operating environment makes good sense for many applications."

Lineo Embedix SDK is a powerful development environment for configuring,
customizing and deploying embedded Linux software solutions. Embedix SDK
is ideal for creating a flexible and reliable embedded software solution
optimized for a small footprint while minimizing development costs and
reducing time-to-market.

"Lineo and our partners have chosen to collaborate to provide customers
with the best technology available, based on open standards, for their
Internet-enabled devices," said Bryan Sparks, CEO, Lineo, Inc. "Providing
users with a Linux and Java-based platform will open their devices to
a wide range of applications and services. Our aim is to provide device
manufacturers with a single place to go for jump starting their embedded
development-saving developers valuable time and effort." 

The Insignia Jeode platform is the premier choice for deploying Java technology
 in information appliances. It provides Sun-authorized Java compatibility
combined with industry leading accelerated performance and robustness.
Jeode technology provides the Lineo software platform with complete Java
functionality, including the ability to view Java applets, such as real-time
stock tickers; play Java-based games; and run Java-based enterprise application
s, such as sales force automation and order entry. It also enables device
manufacturers to leverage other key benefits of Java technology, including:

·	Access to thousands of available third-party Java-based applications
that can be incorporated to smart handhelds, PDAs and other information
appliances
·	Cross-platform support that allows manufacturers to maintain their investment
 in Java-based software applications even if the underlying hardware architectu
re changes in future product versions

Trolltech helps integrate Java into this platform by providing Qt AWT,
which marries the JVM and the native windowing system, Qt/Embedded. Qt/Embedded
, along with Qt AWT, helps provide three main benefits to developing the
graphical user interface: resource efficiency; Java standards compliance;
and customizable look and feel.

Qt/Embedded is the GUI application framework and windowing system that
is based on Qt, a C++ cross platform framework.  It combines small size,
rich functionality, and the ability to quickly develop, debug, and build
code in familiar environments.  

"Developers and hardware manufacturers need an embedded platform that's
well-defined and stable," said Haavard Nord, Trolltech's CEO.  "The combination
 of Embedix, Jeode, Qt/Embedded, and Opera is the first offering that
provides both of these essential characteristics."

In most cases, embedded Internet devices are also memory-constrained,
and the platforms and applications that run on them have to be scaled
to fit the device. Opera is the ideal Web browser choice for the embedded
market, based on its characteristics of being small, fast, configurable,
while still full-featured. The unique cross-platform core enables the
browser to be easily ported to other emerging platforms, and simplifies
overall maintenance.

"The embedded market is still in its infancy, and it is strong partnerships
like this one that will provide the solutions that will make embedded
Linux a real alternative," said Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software.
"By combining the best tools available for the platform, Lineo will increase
their technological lead in the embedded Linux market."

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 for
secure networking), RTXC™ (general purpose and DSP real-time operating
system), BeaconSuite™ (x86 development toolkit) RTXC™ Quadros™ (a real-time
operating system for multi-processor devices) 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.

About Insignia Solutions
Insignia Solutions is the leading provider of accelerated Java technology-based
 solutions that dynamically optimize the use of available system resources.
The Jeode Application Environment is Insignia's accelerated implementation
of Sun Microsystems PersonalJava and EmbeddedJava specifications tailored
for information appliances. At the core of the Jeode Application Environment
is the "Sun Authorized Virtual Machine", the Jeode Embedded Virtual Machine
(EVM), an accelerated runtime engine that delivers an optimal balance
of performance and reliability in a smaller memory footprint. Using a
proprietary technique called dynamic adaptive compilation, the Jeode EVM
can execute Java applications on average six times faster than interpretive
VMs.

About Trolltech
Trolltech is the creator of Qt, a C++ cross-platform fully object-oriented
application framework that enables rapid building of state-of-the-art
GUI applications for Microsoft Windows, Unix and multiple embedded Linux
platforms. Qt has formed the basis of many successful commercial applications
worldwide, and was used to develop the open source, KDE Linux desktop
environment. Trolltech is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices
in Brisbane, Australia, and Santa Clara, California. More about Trolltech
can be found on the World Wide Web at www.trolltech.com.

About Opera Software
Opera Software AS is an industry leader in the development of Web browsers
for the desktop and device markets. The Opera browser has received internationa
l recognition from end-users and the industry press for being faster,
smaller and more standards-compliant than other browsers. Opera Software
AS is a privately held company headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Learn more
about Opera at www.opera.com.

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Lineo and Embedix are trademarks of Lineo, Inc. Linux is a registered
trademark owned by Linus Torvalds. Insignia and Jeode are trademarks of
Insignia Solutions. Trolltech and Qt/Embedded are trademarks of Trolltech
AS. Opera is a trademark of Opera Software AS. All other products, services,
companies and publications are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective owners. 


Press only, contact:
Blake Stowell					
Lineo, Inc.					
Tel:  (801) 426-5001 ext.321			 
E-mail:  blake.stowell@lineo.com 		

Gary Katz
Insignia Solutions
Tel: (510) 360-3820
E-mail:  gary.katz@insignia.com

Aron Kozak
Trolltech A/S
Tel:  (408) 219-6303
E-Mail:  aron@trolltech.com 

Pal Hvistendahl
Opera Software A/S
Tel:  +47 (99 7) 24 331
E-mail:  pal@opera.com