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Wind River Customer goReader Named ''Cool Customer Design''
Portable e-Content Reader Leverages Industry-Leading Embedded Solutions To Deliver Downloadable Electronic Textbooks to Students
ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2000-- As part of a new, ongoing program designed to recognize outstanding applications of its industry-leading embedded solutions, Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND - news), has named the goReader(TM) e-textbook developed by Chicago-based goReader, Inc., its most recent ``Cool Customer Design.'' Criteria for selection include innovative design, creative use of technology, and value to the industry or as an end-user solution. The goReader device is spotlighted on Wind River's Web site at: windriver.com.
Rich Katzmann, chairman and CEO of goReader, sought help with product development and found that Wind River was the only company that could meet the intense time-to-market demands, while providing superior back-end support and an attractive royalty structure.
``We are committed to improving and enhancing the learning experience for college and university students, yet in order for us to be the first to market, we needed to quickly and easily bring our idea from concept to fully integrated reality,'' said Katzmann. ``goReader chose Wind River's embedded solutions because the value chain they offer -- with proven technology, tools, support, and services -- is unmatched. That made it much easier to focus on our core value-add and get our product out the door quickly, so we could be one up on the competition. We would not hesitate to use Wind River for our future projects.''
``goReader's e-textbook is a great example of how comprehensively Wind River enables the design of digital consumer appliances,'' said Curt Schacker, vice president of marketing for Wind River. ``The easy integration of our RTOS with Intel processors, Sun Java code, and a Sharp display made getting this product to market a snap for goReader.''
The goReader e-textbook runs on Wind River's VxWorks® real-time operating system (RTOS) and its Java(TM)-technology-based Personal JWorks(TM) software, allowing students to download an entire degree's worth of textbooks off the goReader Web site at a fraction of the cost of buying hard-copy books. The device weighs less than five pounds and can hold more than 150 e-textbooks. goReader is the first and only e-book company to offer electronic content on a portable device specifically designed for the higher education market.
About Cool Customer Designs
Wind River's Cool Customer Design feature highlights outstanding applications among the approximately 1,000 unique embedded design solutions developed each quarter using industry-leading Wind River products and services. As an ongoing feature new designs will be posted to the Wind River home page twice a month, with past award-winners moved to the Cool Customer Design Archive at: windriver.com.
The inaugural Cool Customer Design was Pingtel's xpressa(TM) phone, the intelligent, Java-based, LAN-attached VoIP (Voice-over Internet Protocol) device. Introduced in March 2000 and recently demonstrated at JavaOne in San Francisco, the xpressa phone is capable of leveraging the infinite potential of IP networks. Offering new levels of functionality, ease-of-use, audio quality, comfort, and elegance that exceed those in today's digital and IP phones, the xpressa features a Java-enriched, open environment for the delivery of new, valuable, personalized voice services and applications not possible with a ``dumb'' phone.
About Wind River
Wind River, www.windriver.com, is a worldwide leader in embedded software. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is how smart things think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., with operations in 15 countries worldwide.
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