Lineo: Alive And Well In Japan?

An anonymous reader writes "LinuxDevices.com reports that the former Japanese subsidiary of Embedix Inc. announced today that it has been purchased in a management buyout and has changed its name from "Lineo Japan, Inc." to "Lineo uSolutions, Inc." Additionally, the newly independent Japanese embedded Linux supplier is getting set to announce its own embedded Linux and cross-development environment products, including a product aimed at consumer electronics manufacturers, as early as March 2003."

Comments

easy route

[Anonymous Coward]

- changes its name from "Lineo Japan, Inc." to "Lineo uSolutions, Inc."

- decreases its prices by 30%

- increases its costumers by 50%

- changes its name from "Lineo uSolutions, Inc." to "Lineo uVerisign"

- increases its prices by 50%

- decreases its costumers by 30%

- changes its name from "Lineo uVerisign" to "Lineo uSolutions, Inc." back again

profit?

Re:Embedded Linux is fun. . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Would someone please mod this up as being +4 informative

U?

[The Bungi]

Is 'u' Japanese for 'e'?

I had a mental fart with an image of the guy in Iron Chef saying "ucommerce, banzai!!!".

I'll get back to work now.

Re:U?

[Otter]

Just a guess -- perhaps it's Commerce, pronounced microCommerce?

Re:U?

[RLiegh]

I was just thinking it was pronounced "buzzwordCommerce" ;)

That's officially the first time I've seen that particular one, however. I wonder if it's a japanese only term?