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LynuxWorks, Incorporated
 PROFILE
LynuxWorks is embedding its software inside your head. The company's LynxOS operating system lets Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Lucent Technologies, and other customers develop the miniaturized computers known as embedded systems that are built into hardware for airplanes, cellular phone switches, copiers, and other products. The company (formerly Lynx Real-Time Systems) caters to embedded systems developers working with Linux, the open-source operating system that has found some favor over Microsoft Windows for its speed and flexibility. LynuxWorks is expanding consulting and other services as it moves to a royalty-free strategy. CEO Inder Singh owns 22% of the company. Motorola also owns about a fifth of LynuxWorks.

 COMPETITION
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 DEALS
Deal: LynuxWorks Raises $35 Million
Date Announced: 06.19.00
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 35
Description: Embedded-Linux developer raises funding from venture investors.

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: April
2000 Sales (mil.): 17.20
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 15.7%
Employees: 58
Revenue per employee: $296,551.72

 KEY PEOPLE
• Inder M. Singh
    CEO
• Bhupindarpal Singh
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
2239 Samaritan Dr.
San Jose, CA 95124
US
Phone: 408-879-3900
Fax: 408-879-3920
Online: Web Site

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