[aclug-L] InternetWeek Newsletter - April 29, 1999 (fwd)

[Dale W Hodge <dwh@xxxxxxxx>]

Linux Vendor Makes Acquisition, Changes Name

Linux hardware vendor VA Research yesterday said it has 
agreed to acquire its largest competitor, Linux Hardware 
Systems.
 
VA, the leading supplier of build-to-order computers based on 
the open source Linux operating system, also today said it has 
agreed to acquire Enlightenment Solutions, a supplier of open 
source graphical windowing software. Terms of the deals were 
not disclosed. 

Larry Augustin, VA's president and CEO, said that with the 
new acquisitions the company will set up two separate 
business units. The main company has been renamed VA Linux 
Systems Inc.; a separate organization called VA Labs will 
employ 25 as a research and development group, Augustin 
said. 

VA Labs will work on building systems based on Intel's IA-64 
processor, code-named Merced. Intel recently made an equity 
investment in VA. -- Jeffrey Schwartz

http://www.internetwk.com/story/INW19990428S0010

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