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Linux-Announce Digest #459
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Linux-Announce Digest #459, Volume #4 Sat, 28 Jun 2003 21:13:04 EDT
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[HUMBUG] Next Meeting - 5th July 2003 (Mark Suter)
Extra Income ("Extra Income")
NEWS: Indian company offers Linux handheld to OEMs ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
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From: Mark Suter <suter@zwitterion.humbug.org.au>
Subject: [HUMBUG] Next Meeting - 5th July 2003
Date: 28 Jun 2003 02:05:01 GMT
HUMBUG, the Home Unix Machine Brisbane Users Group, exists to get
fellow Unix users in contact with each other, to introduce people
to Unix and Unix-like operating systems, and to help users in
operating those systems. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Meetings tend to be informal. We socialize, discuss Unix and
computing, solve Unix problems for new and experienced users
alike, and these days have regular talks.
Date: Saturday, 5th July 2003 (every second Saturday)
Time: From three pm till late
Venue: Room S201, Hawken Engineering Building (no. 50)
The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus
Car Parking is currently unregulated on Saturdays. The
University is serviced by public transport with frequent
buses during University terms. For more information:
http://www.uq.edu.au/about/locations/st-lucia.html
http://www.uq.edu.au/maps/index.phtml?menu=1&z=2&id=25
Cost: Membership is $15 for a full year, but no one has to join
unless they are going to use club services such as our
network access during meetings.
Food: The eating places (ranging from take away to a la Carte)
at 'The Ville' are usually open until about 10pm Saturday
night. There is also the Pizza Cafe on-campus near the
Schonell Theater:
http://www.schonell.uq.edu.au/pizza_caffe.html
http://www.uq.edu.au/maps/index.phtml?menu=1&z=1&id=11
Drinks: Various soft drinks and snacks are available from the
three vending machines located immediately outside the
room. Bring coins to take advantage of these machines!
Talks: Information on up coming talks is announced separately.
For information on talks see the announcements by our
Talks Maintainer on the announce mailing list.
For more information on club meetings and HUMBUG itself see our
web page at http://www.humbug.org.au/ or email me directly.
HUMBUG President
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From: "Extra Income" <Extra_income@hotmail.com>
Subject: Extra Income
Date: 28 Jun 2003 14:40:01 GMT
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Hi,
I bet you have probably received numerous e-mail claiming that they allow you to make money online. You might be skeptical or have already benefited from some of such system. We have to accept the fact that the internet has and will no doubt be a money making machine in the 21st century.
Our approach here is slightly different. If you are serious about finding out more, do pay a visit to our webpage and express your interest. Our correspondent will get in touch with you personally to show you the system.
Regards.
Click here to find out more.
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<DIV></DIV> I bet you have probably received numerous e-mail
claiming that they allow you to make money online. You might be skeptical or
have already benefited from some of such system. We have to accept the fact that
the internet has and will no doubt be a money making machine in the 21st
century.
<DIV></DIV> Our approach here is slightly different. If you
are serious about finding out more, do pay a visit to our webpage and express
your interest. Our correspondent will get in touch with you personally to show
you the system.
<DIV></DIV> Regards.
<DIV></DIV> <A href="www.awesomebusiness.com/MR101540/reply.asp"
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: NEWS: Indian company offers Linux handheld to OEMs
Date: 28 Jun 2003 21:10:01 GMT
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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 08:48:22 -0000
From: "Kunal P.Bharati" <kunalbharati@yahoo.com>
Subject: Indian company offers Linux handheld to OEMs
Bangalore-based Mistral Software has designed a Linux-based handheld
computer around the ARM9TDMI RISC (reduced instruction set computing)
processor from Samsung Electronics, that aims to target vertical
markets such as navigation, health care, logistics, and hospital
management.
"We have made the handheld very customizable, so that we can add
modules that make the product more suitable for a specific
application, without requiring a change in the basic platform," said
Anees Ahmed, president and chief executive officer of Mistral. "For a
customer in Europe, for instance, we have added a GPS (global
positioning system) module so that the device can be used for marine
navigation applications."
Called the "Smart Handheld" because it is highly customizable, the
device can be configured to incorporate a variety of modules, such as
support for GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), 802.11 a/b
wireless LANs (local area networks), Bluetooth, MP3, PCMCIA (Personal
Computer Memory Card International Association), and a hard disk.
The Smart Handheld is one of a number of attempts by Indian designers
to build a handheld computer. Academics from the Indian Institute of
Science in Bangalore, for instance, teamed up with engineers from
Bangalore-based Encore Software Ltd. to design a Linux-based handheld
called the Simputer. However, the Simputer has not been successfully
commercialized because of inadequate resources for producing and
marketing the products.
Mistral is avoiding the high costs involved in producing, branding,
and marketing a product. The company is offering to customize and
license the design to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), who
will manufacture and sell the product.
The "Smart Handheld" is positioned as a customizable platform for
multiple applications. "We are not in the PDA (personal digital
assistant) market, as that market is already cluttered," said Ahmed.
"While most PDA vendors have tried to address the vertical market with
a one-size-fits-all approach, we offer a design specific to each
vertical segment."
The basic platform, which operates as a full function PDA, can be
produced with a bill-of- materials (BOM) of about $130, according to
Ahmed.
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