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To: the hube who wrote (21480)	3/26/2000 10:58:00 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

I bought WIND at 12 last year. Sold too soon. UIS is my new Wind at $22-26 and look at this now. Every dog has its day, huh? Deutsche Telekom said set to bid for Unisys By Ivar Simensen, CBS MarketWatch Last Update: 10:55 AM ET Mar 26, 2000 NewsWatch FRANKFURT (CBS.MW) -- Deutsche Telekom AG aims to take over Unisys Corp. in a move to further develop its information technology activities following the German company's successful bid for Debis Systemhaus, according to a report from Reuters.

To: the hube who wrote (21480)	3/27/2000 1:20:00 AM
From: hueyone	Respond to of 54805

John, Thanks for your update on WIND. I am still very bullish on WIND and I am holding on tight. Best, Huey

To: the hube who wrote (21480)	4/14/2000 1:26:00 AM
From: bythepark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

John: Thanks to the ISI acquisition, WIND is now in IBM's set-top boxes. --alan stockpoint.com\102p7781.htm ÿ ÿ ÿ > LAS VEGAS, Apr 11, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ANT Limited, embedded > communication software provider, announced today that it has ported its > advanced Fresco(R) Browser software to IBM's (NYSE: IBM ) newly announced > "system on a chip" solution, which delivers computing power to television > set-top boxes (STBs). Since IBM's announcement on March 24, 2000, ANT > demonstrated the ease of portability of its browser technology by providing > code to IBM for porting to the new chip. As a result, just several weeks > later, IBM is able to demonstrate the ANT browser running on its latest STB > integrated chip at the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas > this week. > > "We believe our new set-top-box chip can help customers build products that > are capable of delivering a host of new services," said John Sixsmith, IBM > marketing manager for set-top chips. "The introduction of these services is > likely to accelerate with the advent of software products like ANT's new > browser. We were pleased to work with ANT on what proved to be a quick and > easy port of their browser to our platform." > > ANT's robust browser technology is designed for embedded communication devices > such as digital set-top boxes, Internet television, mobile phones, PDAs, games > consoles, household appliances and in-vehicle information systems. It has a > fully customizable user interface and requires minimal memory, making it ideal > for the latest generation of consumer and Internet products, which have > limited memory resources. > > "We were very pleased with how quickly and smoothly this porting proceeded," > said Simon Woodward, CEO and president, ANT Limited. This is a testimonial > both to the portability of our Fresco Browser and to the robust device drivers > in IBM's set-top box chip architecture. In addition, our browser enables IBM > customers to customize the user interface, providing them with control over > the look and feel of their own brand." > > Internet access through the television is a growing trend, as is Internet > access through a variety of other consumer products, including mobile phones > and games consoles. ANT partners with OEMs and integration partners to bring > Internet connectivity to the consumer, through any appliance, from anywhere. > > The operating system used in this design was pSOS+ by Wind River Systems Inc.

To: the hube who wrote (21480)	4/15/2000 12:55:00 PM
From: bythepark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

John - perhaps overlooked in the midst of our current market turmoil, WIND keeps landing design wins with major corporations. This time it is Hitachi: New Hitachi VOIP Chips runs VxWorks biz.yahoo.com Hitachi Announces Internet Telephony Middleware and Platform for Cable Modems and Residential Gateways Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) Reference Design with Telephony Middleware And MGCP Protocol Will Speed Time-To-Market and Reduce Cost SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000-- Hitachi Semiconductor (America) Inc., a worldwide leader in electronics, announced that voice compression codecs, telephony software and signaling protocol have been ported to the Hitachi SuperH© SH3-DSP and SH-4 microprocessors, allowing customers to create a complete Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) solution for cable modems and residential gateways. With the addition of Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), Hitachi is offering a VoIP reference design based on the SH3-DSP microprocessor that will be used to speed time-to-market and reduce costs for developers of integrated voice/data access devices. [snip] Hitachi's VoIP reference design is currently available (Hitachi part number US7729VOIPDEV3) and uses Wind River Systems' VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS). Tool support includes Wind River Systems' Tornado to provide a complete working development environment for system designers. Other RTOS support such as Linux, Accelerated Technology, Inc.'s Nucleus+ and Microsoft's Window CE, will be available in the future.