Metro Link CTO and Technical Director to Speak at LinuxWorld Expo on Embedding X
Aug 10th, 17:21 UTC
Will explain the flexibility, reliability, and portability that make the choice of embedding X ideal for use in consumer
electronics, such as set-top boxes, and other embedded systems. Fort Lauderdale, FL August 10, 2000 - Metro Link, Inc. (www.metrolink.com) CTO Garry Paxinos and Technical Director Stuart Anderson will speak at the
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Jose, CA on the advantages of using the X Window System in embedded systems on Thursday, August 17 from 10:30 to
11:45 am.
In their presentation, Paxinos and Anderson will explain the flexibility, reliability, and portability that make the choice of embedding X ideal for use in consumer
electronics, such as set-top boxes, and other embedded systems. "Most system designers think that X is too large to consider for their embedded application, but
there are many ways to reduce it to a very usable size," said Paxinos. "Once the size issue is out of the way, the benefits of using a standards-based system, make
embedded X the most logical choice."
Paxinos has been with Metro Link since 1990. He helped establish the company as the leading provider of X Window System software for UNIX, UNIX-like, Linux,
Embedded Linux and embedded systems. Initially, Paxinos was responsible for direct product development, including X servers, ports of products to various
operating systems, Real-Time video support and special projects. He also developed streamlined, Web-based internal processes for product and project tracking.
Paxinos currently leads the growing engineering team, participates in several international standards committees and is a member of the Board of Directors of
Linux International.
Anderson has been with Metro Link since 1995 and is responsible for multiple platform support, including product support on Alpha and PowerPC processors. He
designed Metro Link's product build environment, which produces a complete daily build of the product set on all platforms. In addition to his responsibilities at
Metro Link, Anderson is also the Technical Lead for the Written sub-committee of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) project. He has been an Open Source developer
for 8 years and has been involved with the XFree86 Project since 1992 and is currently a member of the XFree86 Core Team. Mr. Anderson is an active
participant of SIGGRAPH, and has been a Computer Applications Lab (CAL) committee member for '98, '99, and 2000, and will chair the CAL committee in 2001.
This fourth LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, which runs from August 14-17, is expected to be the largest since the event's inception in 1999. The four-day event
features nearly 50 sessions organized into seven tracks of specialized interest. Metro Link can be found partnering with Linux Global Partners and
TheLinuxStore.com/LinuxMall.com on the conference floor.
For more information about Metro Link or to learn how embedding X can benefit your mission-critical or business-critical application, call 1-800-821-8315.
About Metro Link
Metro Link Inc., a high-technology software development company founded in 1989, specializes in graphics display technology solutions for Linux, UNIX,
embedded Linux and embedded systems. Metro Link's products are used by Lucent (LU), Oracle (ORCL), Red Hat (RHAT), Intel (INTC), IBM (IBM), Compaq
(CPQ), Sun (SUNW), Hewlett Packard (HPW), VA Linux (LNUX), and others in such projects as the Boeing 777, the Space Shuttle, 767 AWACS, the Acuson
Computed Sonography System, the Army Land Warrior and many other applications that demand proven high reliability.
X.Org, the worldwide X Window System consortium, has contracted with Metro Link to maintain and enhance the X Window System source code. Metro Link's
products are based on this robust and feature-rich source code, which conforms to all major software standards. Metro Link was the first company to ship
commercial software for Linux, and remains at the core of Linux and other Open Source software development and support.
Contact:
Bob Zinn, VP of Marketing
Direct: 954-660-2440
Fax: 954-938-1982
bobzinn@metrolink.com
Amy Zsak, Marketing Assistant
Direct: 954-660-2441
Fax: 954-938-1982
amyz@metrolink.com
(Submitted by Amy Zsak of Metro Link, Inc.)
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