Singapore-made OS runs Windows, Palm, Linux apps

[rooboy]

Two Singaporean inventors who say they've created an operating system that can run programs that are written for Windows, Linux and Palm will formally launch the product this month.
This unveiling comes after a year's delay, marked by difficulties in finding investors and the addition of "critical new features," said R. Chandra, CEO of Radixs, which was previously known as Intramedia.

"Our biggest problem was that the investment climate was bad. We were in a business that no one had heard of in Singapore or Asia," he said.

But with funding in hand, the company has firmed up deals with handheld makers and mobile operators for the commercial launch of wireless services that use the OS. That launch is expected to take place at the end of the year.

Chandra declined to name the handheld makers or the mobile operators before the official launch this month at the Demomobile 2003 trade show in La Jolla, Calif.

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[hedda_foil]

1. Convenient.

Bush signed the Singapore trade treaty this week and cheap competition to Microsoft from ... where else? ... Singapore(!) shows up a couple of days later.