> Attachmate Corporation is owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Bravo
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/109868319.html
klucova firma je tam Francisco partners
5/22/2000 -- Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) today announced a definitive agreement under which Francisco Partners, LP, a private equity firm focused on buyout and recapitalization investments in technology companies, will acquire 90 percent of AMD's Communication Products Division for $375 million in cash. AMD will retain a 10 percent ownership interest in the business, and also will have a warrant to acquire approximately an additional 10%
http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/Press_Release_737.aspx
ak si k tomu uvedomime, ze dole na webe
je napsiane, ze AMD, ze hlavnym sponzorom openSUSE, logicke by teda bolo, kedu SUSE kupilo AMD
a to vobec ni je nerealne,
lebo pre AMD je klucove kupit spat od Francisco partners tu sietovu diviziu, prave kvoli nastupnikom
Am79C930
PCnetTM-Mobile
Single-Chip Wireless LAN Media Access Controller
http://support.amd.com/us/Embedded_TechDocs/20183.pdf
a datum, kedy to vyslo
Am79C930 (Condensed) 7/31/1995
http://support.amd.com/us/psearch/Pages/psearch.aspx?type=2.2%3b2.3&product=&contentType=Tech+Doc+Embedded&ostype=&keywords=Am79C930&items=20
Cize AMD bude o Francisco partners kupovat nieco..
a Intel ma okrem Meego, kde je Nokia a AMD ttiez a aj Novell
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/MeeGo
ale Intel ma aj VXWorks
Intel buys Wind River; Targets software for embedded devices
June 4, 2009
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/intel-buys-wind-river-targets-software-for-embedded-devices/19250
Wind River Acquires Hard Real-Time Linux Technology from FSMLabs
Acquisition of industry’s only commercially-supported, hard real-time Linux technology enables company to access broader Linux device software markets
ALAMEDA, Calif. — February 20, 2007 — Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO), today announced that it has acquired the intellectual property including patents, copyrights, trademarks and associated product rights for RTLinux, the software industry's only commercially-available, patented, hard real-time Linux technology developed by Finite State Machine Labs, Inc., (FSMLabs)
http://www.windriver.com/news/press/pr.html?ID=4261
Obaja hlavny vyrobcovia CPU, momentalne skupuju Linux Riesenia
Otazkou je preco uz teraz, ked zmluva na patenty na x86 plati do roku 2014-2015
http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/amd-press-release-2009nov12.aspx
Jedina logika je, ze sa obaja pripravuju na pad x86 a tym aj Microsoftu
http://www.franciscopartners.com/sequoia-capital/
Sequoia Capital
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Established in 1972, Sequoia Capital has provided early stage capital to more than 350 technology companies, including 3Com, Apple, Cisco, Electronic Arts, Google, Linear Technology, LSI Logic, Network Appliance, Oracle, Yahoo! and YouTube.
More information on Sequoia Capital can be found at: http://www.sequoiacap.com.