Sun to buy Pixo.. futurw ipod rammifications?
Sun Microsystems to buy Pixo
JUNE 27, 2003
SUN Microsystems said it has definitively agreed to acquire Pixo, a privately held software company, in an all-cash deal.
Financial terms weren't disclosed for the deal, which is expected to close in the Sun fiscal first quarter ending September 30.
Sun said Pixo sells software that helps companies manage the distribution of games, ring tones and other digital content to cell phones and other mobile devices.
The acquisition is expected to aid Sun's strategy of expanding its Java programming technology. Java is a layer of software found on high-end cell phones that lets programmers design software that works in different phone platforms.
Distribution software of Pixo also lets companies evaluate a user's download history to selectively pitch certain games or newly released related products.
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I wonder how this will affect ipods in the future..
JUNE 27, 2003
SUN Microsystems said it has definitively agreed to acquire Pixo, a privately held software company, in an all-cash deal.
Financial terms weren't disclosed for the deal, which is expected to close in the Sun fiscal first quarter ending September 30.
Sun said Pixo sells software that helps companies manage the distribution of games, ring tones and other digital content to cell phones and other mobile devices.
The acquisition is expected to aid Sun's strategy of expanding its Java programming technology. Java is a layer of software found on high-end cell phones that lets programmers design software that works in different phone platforms.
Distribution software of Pixo also lets companies evaluate a user's download history to selectively pitch certain games or newly released related products.
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I wonder how this will affect ipods in the future..
Comments
Originally posted by MacsRGood4U
No implications whatsoever.
Unless Pixo goes down with the rest of the ship.
A similar thing happened to @home.
Originally posted by Kecksy
Did Pixio write the software for the new iPod? According to Apple, the new iPod runs on a different hardware platform and uses a different OS. This is their excuse for not adding all the new software features to the old iPod.
I heard this also. More specifically, I heard that Apple wrote their own. I suspect that Pixo was leverage to get to market very quickly. Once they had written their own...goodbye Pixo.
It might have been courteous for them to just buy Pixo. But there may be reasons they chose not to. Or perhaps they tried but Pixo was too greedy. Not an uncommon afflication in the technology business.