San Francisco, CA — (company press release) — TurboLinux, Inc. today announced taking an equity investment and entering into a technology and strategic partnership with Lynx Real-Time Systems, Inc., a leader in embedded Linux and a pioneer in the open standards real-time operating system (RTOS) industry. Financial details were not disclosed.

“TurboLinux recognizes the tremendous opportunity that Linux offers in the real-time operating system and embedded system market sectors,” said Cliff Miller, CEO of TurboLinux. “Lynx Real-Time Systems is a recognized worldwide leader in RTOS and Linux embedded systems and we believe our alliance will help both companies leverage our strengths as we enter and grow these markets.”

“The alliance between Lynx and TurboLinux will promote continued growth in the emerging market for embedded Linux operating systems,” said Dr. Inder Singh, chairman and CEO of Lynx Real-Time Systems. “Lynx' expertise and leadership position in open-standards RTOS's and embedded Linux, combined with TurboLinux's leadership in high-performance Linux software and services is a powerful combination to better address the requirements of the embedded industry.”

Lynx' real-time operating system, its high-availability software products, development tools, and services address the growing requirements for mission criticality for telecommunications, data communications, office automation, process control and aerospace/defense markets. Lynx also offers a broad set of Linux-based products used by manufacturers of embedded systems with scalable operating system requirements, who choose to use the open source Linux operating system as their development environment.

The investment and alliance between the two companies will focus on expanding Lynx' worldwide sales and marketing efforts and support global infrastructure for Lynx' LynuxWorks product family, which includes the company's flagship products: the LynxOS RTOS and BlueCat Linux. The investment will also help Lynx advance its technology for use in embedded systems, such as Internet servers and hand-held wireless devices, and will enable further research and development of “high-availability” (downtime of less than 3 minutes per year) products for telecommunications and data communications.

About Lynx Real-Time Systems (www.lynx.com)

Lynx Real-Time Systems, Inc. is a leader in embedded Linux and the pre-eminent developer and supplier of operating system software for reliable and high-performance embedded applications. Lynx products support industry standards in communications, avionics, automotive, office automation and process control systems worldwide, enabling customers to leverage their investments in software and education. The Lynx offerings include: the LynuxWorks product family that supports both the open source BlueCat Linux and LynxOS real-time operating system; software frameworks for high-availability systems; development tools and technical support worldwide.

About TurboLinux, Inc. (www.turbolinux.com)

Founded in 1992, TurboLinux is the world's fastest-growing Linux company with investment backing from more than 20 global hardware, software and services companies, including BEA, Compaq, Dell, Intel, Fujitsu Support and Services, NEC, Novell, SCO and Toshiba. A market leader in Linux software clustering solutions and Linux internationalization, the company's high-performance consumer and business Linux products run on Intel, Alpha and PowerPC workstation and server platforms and are supported globally by IBM, Hewlett-Packard and SCO. Headquartered in San Francisco, TurboLinux has offices in Beijing, Buenos Aires, Hamburg, Sydney and Tokyo.

 
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