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Motorola's Metrowerks Acquires Lineo

Posted by timothy on from the can't-you-build-some-linux-watches-already dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It's official: Following weeks of speculation, Motorola's Metrowerks embedded tools subsidiary today has finally announced that they are acquiring the key assets of Embedix Inc. (a.k.a. Lineo), one of the earliest and most popular providers of embedded Linux software and tools."

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  1. typical 21st century business model by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Step 1: Manufacture a 3rd rate product
    Step 2: Buy out the competition
    Step 3: ???
    Step 4: Profit!!!

  2. Re:Lineo merges with Metrowerks by God!+Awful+2 · · Score: 0, Troll


    Hey, if you get the chance to combine your corporate slogan and your company name, I say go for it!
    Motorola bailing them out is just throwing good money after bad. I've seen it a million times before; if these products don't turn a profit next year they'll be history.

    As usual, the best name for the merged company would be "MOney down the TOilet-o-ROLA".

    -a

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  3. False advertising. by Binary+Tree · · Score: 0, Troll

    Linux just doesn't, plain & simple.