Sharp Tools up with Linux to Fight Palm, Feb 20, 2001

Sharp is looking to Linux as the basis for the next generation of its Zaurus PDAs - at least as far as models sold outside Japan go.

The next Zaurus - provisionally due in the US before Christmas, according to a Sharp spokesman cited by Reuters - will run ship with Linux to overseas buyers, but Japanese customers' machines will run Sharp's current, proprietary Zaurus OS.

Microsoft Corp. representatives assert that Platforms Group Vice President Jim Allchin was 'misunderstood' when he expressed concerns last week about the long-term industry effects of open-source software

VA Linux Systems came in two cents below Wall Street estimates Tuesday, disclosing a pro forma net loss of 28 cents per diluted share, or $13.4 million for the second quarter. The news sent the company's stock down to $5.75 in after-hours activity, and included concurrent announcements that VA would be reducing its workforce by 25% and had appointed a new president and COO to help the company achieve profitability at lower revenue levels.

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