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To: R. Bond who wrote (6173)	6/29/1999 12:35:00 PM
From: Tinroad	Respond to of 18366

(OT) Another interesting news item today. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 1999-- EBIZ Enterprises, Inc. (OTC BB:EBIZ - news), a leading manufacturer and e-commerce distributor of Linux and Windows-based computer systems, announced today their plans to introduce the first true Linux-based Personal Internet Appliance, the PIA(TM). The PIA, priced at $199, establishes a new entry-level category for Linux computer systems, which brings the performance and reliability benefits of Linux to the consumer market. ''The PIA is designed to provide Internet access and basic computing power to the 20,000,000 households in the U.S., not yet serviced and hooked up to the Internet,'' stated EBIZ president, Stephen Herman. ''We specialize in building the sub $500 computer, and have reached a point where the most expensive component is the operating system. By leveraging our manufacturing strengths and utilizing our Linux engineering staff expertise at TheLinuxStore.com, we have further reduced the price and increased the performance of entry-level computing, making Internet access an affordable reality for.'' (sic) The system comes complete with 2.1 G.B hard drive or greater, 32 Mb RAM, AMD Processor, video card, speakers, a keyboard and a mouse, and requires a separate monitor. Along with Internet capability via Netscape, the PIA will include word processing, spreadsheet and database software capabilities. Because the full Linux operating system is installed, thousands of free-ware and low-cost software programs, from 3-D modeling packages, office productivity, graphics and accounting packages, will run on the new PIA platform.... Full article at biz.yahoo.com