January 1, 2000

Extensible imaging OS

Content to let others duke it out in the PDA and cell-phone markets, startup FlashPoint Technology is targeting its Digita OS for imaging products such as digital cameras, scanners, and printers. Digita can host add-on software, and FlashPoint believes an extensible OS will be popular for imaging products.

The company claims Hewlett-Packard, Kodak, Minolta, and Seiko Epson are all working on Digita-based products. Third parties can develop Digita applications using a development system from Wind River Systems.

—by Maury Wright