Re: SENT Re: Re: [Yopy-general] Has anything changed in release of Yopy?

> From: Arent Kits van Heijningen <kitsvh@bio.vu.nl>
> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:19:57 +0100
> To: "Jim_Gettys" <jg@pa.dec.com>, "handhelds" <handhelds@handhelds.org>,
> "linuxce-developer" <linuxce-devel@linuxce.org>,
> "handhelds" <handhelds@handhelds.org>,
> "Yopy General" <yopy-general@gmate.co.kr>
> Subject: SENT Re: [Handhelds] Re: [Yopy-general] Has anything changed in
> release of Yopy?
> -----
> Jim ,
>
> >Your information on the iPAQ handheld production rate is also dated. It is
> >at greater than 25K/month, headed to 50K/month by December, and then
> >to 100K units/month by sometime in the first quarter 2001.
> >
> Does this mean ex-stock availability from December onwards ?
> ( Sales are likely to drop off after the December holidays )

Supply is likely to remain tight: the iPAQ is very popular indeed, and
we are selling them as fast as we can build them, and ramping production
as fast as we can.

> And when Linux is mature enough can we expect factory-installed and tested
> units with it ?
> k

You ask me about Compaq product plans? Sorry, I can't discuss this topic.
Time will tell. Beyond saying there is alot of interest in Linux on the
iPAQ, I can't comment.
                        - Jim

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Jim Gettys
Technology and Corporate Development
Compaq Computer Corporation
jg@pa.dec.com