Tuesday, June 20, 2000

Compaq ports Linux to iPAQ

Compaq Computer Corporation announced the Open Handheld Program, a new initiative designed to stimulate innovation and research on handheld devices. Derived from Compaq Corporate Research’s Itsy pocket computer project, the Open Handheld Program will enable developers and researchers looking to explore applications and uses for handheld computing to experiment with Compaq’s iPAQ handheld by gaining access to the Linux-based source code for the device. Compaq also announced it is making available a port of the Linux operating system to Compaq’s iPAQ handheld.

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