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To: Andreas who wrote (61910)	5/22/1999 5:45:00 AM
From: rupert1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

More news on the new "Itsy" - hand held COMPAQ gadget. If you want to see a photo of it go to and look under the headline "COMPAQ may release Linux micro PC to open sources..." theregister.co.uk THE REGISTER Posted 21/05/99 5:03pm by Tony Smith Compaq may release Linux micro-PC to open sourcers John Gettys, Compaq consulting engineer and Linux Expo keynoter, yesterday said a tiny, 'deck of cards'-sized computer developed by the PC vendor might be made available to the open source community. The Palm-style device, dubbed Itsy, sports a 200x300-pixel screen, contains 32MB of memory, is powered by a 200MHz processor and is based on Linux. It was developed by Compaq's Western Research Lab, based in Palo Alto, California. Itsy is based on a voice-recognition system that promises to do away with even the fiddly styles favoured by most shipping handheld machines. Gettys said the device could be used to access and download email. Gettys also said Compaq was investigating whether the Itsy device could be "made available to the Linux community". Quite what be meant by this is unclear. If the device is as powerful as he suggested, it's hard to imagine Compaq not wanting to turn it into a commercial product. That said, Compaq is currently backing Windows CE, and releasing a Linux-based handheld too, might confuse the market and, what's more, annoy Microsoft. The Western Research Lab was acquired by the company when it bought Digital. Given it appears to be having difficulty figuring out what to do with Alpha, it might experience similar problems with Itsy. In any case, given Itsy is based on a modified version of the Linux kernel, the OS at least would have to be released under the GNU Public Licence. Which, given that's how 3Com is attempting to build developer support for the Palm platform, might well give Itsy a lead too. ®

To: Andreas who wrote (61910)	5/22/1999 5:50:00 AM
From: rupert1	Respond to of 97611

he Register Posted 21/05/99 5:45pm by Mike Magee Samsung's Alpha outfit joins Linux International As we went to press, news reached us that Alpha Processor Inc, Samsung's Alpha subsidiary, has joined Linux International, the Linux umbrella group for commercial operations. That is likely to give a huge boost to Alpha processors and to Linux enthusiasts. And, at the same time, will boost the 64-bit chip. Readers have reported to The Register that companies are shifting in droves to the Linux platform because NT BackOffice licences are extremely expensive. Alpha implementations of Linux are no doubt the source of some angst for Microsoft, given that they display MS' latest enemy to advantage on a high-powered platform, and that they're likely to cause further embarrassment as NT struggles to achieve 64-bitness. ®