Make no mistake about it - Unlike IBM in yesteryear with MSFT - I don't think Intel is going to rest on their laurels with the internet appliance threat that Transmeta could potentially offer - I think perhaps some of the secrecy may have been to keep from alerting the enemy too early - but in today's world those radar screens can even see stealth bombers (hehe) - from another thread:
Intel To Offer Linux-Based Web Appliances
By Marcia Savage, Computer Reseller News
Santa Clara, Calif.
1:54 PM EST Wed., Jan. 05, 2000
Intel Corp. Wednesday unveiled plans to offer Internet
appliances that run on the Linux operating system.
Intel, based here, said it will market Intel-branded Web
appliances to telecom operators and service providers,
who will in turn market them to consumers.
The devices will run only on Linux, an Intel spokesman
said. The decision to support Linux was based on
customer requests, he said.
Intel has made a series of alliances and investments in
companies that offer competing operating systems to
Microsoft Corp.'s, including VA Linux Systems, Red Hat
Software Inc. and Be Inc.
The devices, scheduled for availability midyear, will
integrate Internet access with telephony features, such
as call management and unified messaging, Intel said.
The chip maker also plans to offer appliances
management software and services packages with the
devices.
"Our strategy focuses on providing telecom operators
and service providers with a cost-effective platform on
which they can offer their services and remotely manage
the new appliances," said Claude Leglise, vice president,
Intel Architecture Business Group, and general manager
of the Home Products Group, in a statement. |
