Bluepoint Debuts Embedded Solution for Internet Appliances.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 2000 Bluepoint blue·point also blue point n. A small oyster (Crassotrea virginica) found chiefly in coastal waters of the eastern United States and usually eaten raw. Linux Software Corp. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:BLPT BLPT Blueprint ) announced that it has successfully developed "Bluepoint Embedded", the embedded solution for Internet appliances. Bluepoint Embedded can be widely used in Set-top Box, WebTV, Thin-Clients and other Internet appliances. Some large IT manufacturers, such as Great Wall, TCL See Tcl/Tk. Tcl - Tool Command Language , SKYWORTH KAIFA KAIFA Kansas Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors HANWANG have already showed great interests in Bluepoint Embedded System. Through substantial efforts in the research and development of Linux kernel, Bluepoint has made a break through in solving problems in the area of memory space and real time interaction. Bluepoint Embedded System requires very little memory space which makes it particularly suitable for Internet appliances with little memory space. Bluepoint Embedded System also provides TV-Friendly graphic interface; Flash and Java support and Netscape Navigator 4.7. Bluepoint will provide turn-key solutions for OEMS OEMS Office of Emergency Medical Services (Massachusetts government) OEMS Oracle Enterprise Messaging Service OEMS Order Entry Management System (original equipment manufacturers) and quickly respond to the complex requirement on various end products from the OEMs. According to IDC projections, the demand for Internet appliances will grow rapidly: (1) 18.5 million Internet appliance will be shipped in the US by 2001; (2) Compared with 15.7 million home PCs, the Internet appliance market will hit $15.3 billion by 2002; (3) 55 million handheld/notebook devices will be sold by 2002, up from 13.9 million in 1999. Mr. Yu Deng, the president of Bluepoint, said: "Embedded operating system An operating system used in special-purpose applications (embedded systems). Embedded operating systems are typically very compact and often designed for real time operations. See embedded Linux, QNX, OS-9, Windows XP Embedded, Windows CE, VxWorks and Symbian OS. is the core technology in the new generation of information devices. Bluepoint embedded technology should have enormous market value." Bluepoint Linux Software is the developer of the first "true Chinese" Linux operating system, named Bluepoint. Bluepoint controls approximately 80 percent of the Chinese Linux bundling market and is preinstalled by several major computer manufacturers in China, including Great Wall, TCL, Xiahua Shanbao (TriGem) and Downing. The company is a leading provider of Linux platform technology and embedded Linux system solutions in the Chinese market. The company is currently developing embedded Linux based Intelligent Housing system, and embedded systems to be used in Set-top Box WebTV and Thin-Clients. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the company's products and technological changes, the company's dependence upon third-party suppliers, intellectual-property rights and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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