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To: Jeffrey S. Marth who wrote (2287)	10/27/1997 1:38:00 AM
From: the hube	Respond to of 10309

Anyone know what operating system they use? Osicom and Atmel Collaborate On Low-Cost, System-On-Silicon Embedded Networking Solution Full article at biz.yahoo.com

To: Jeffrey S. Marth who wrote (2287)	10/27/1997 4:09:00 AM
From: Allen Benn	Respond to of 10309

Here is how a November 1997 Fortune Magazine article "10 Tech Trends to Bet On - 3. THE CONSUMERIZATION OF COMPUTING DEVICES" ended: >Shipley calls Hewlett-Packard, which has built hand-held devices for years, >"a sleeper that will win big." Sun Microsystems' Diba subsidiary designs >Java-based networked gadgets. Microsoft is also a player, with software >for set-top boxes and hand-held devices. Another winner may be >Wind River Systems of Alameda, Cal., the top vendor of operating >systems and programming tools for embedded processors. Sales for the >year ended in January grew 45%, to $64 million. Even the Mars Pathfinder >is guided by Wind River software." See for yourself: pathfinder.com@@qAA3AQUAKyoN*eDM/fortune/1997/971110/ten.html Not only were HP, Sun, Microsoft and WIND mentioned in the same paragraph, but WIND received as much attention as others combined. Can we infer from this that Fortune believes WIND's fortunes equate to the combined fortunes of HP's, Sun's and Microsoft's? Allen

To: Jeffrey S. Marth who wrote (2287)	10/27/1997 8:18:00 AM
From: Scott Jarrett	Respond to of 10309

If you believe this, then I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you. In every area of IT, jobs are tight, and the competition for qualified new hires is fierce. There has been a spate of articles lately (pick your IT publication - ComputerWorld, TechWeb, et al) about the shortage which is sure to get worse. The most depressing aspect is the drop in the number of college students who are majoring in or even taking information related courses, much less computer programming. The Y2K crisis is going to suck in all the best (and many of the rest), causing a drain on IT employers everywhere. It's gonna get a lot worse before it gets better. And there's no sign of leadership saying "Let's stimulate interest in IT majors in colleges and universities." If the tech cos. were smart, they'd be handing out bonuses to any student who even showed an interest in an IT major. Oh, well, stupidity has always been a major stumbling block to progress. Scott