OpenBrick Introduces Umigumi: The Instant Appliance Setup Program

   OpenBrick Introduces Umigumi: The Instant Appliance Setup Program

   For Immediate Release

   2003/01/22 - The OpenBrick Community introduces a new Open Source /
   Free Software: Umigumi. With the aim of leveraging Flash Memory
   technologies such as Compact Flash or USB Stick, Umigumi allows to
   reconfigure any embedded platforms or even a standard PC in just a few
   seconds and to change them into an appliance: router, firewall, VPN,
   OGG player, print server, thin client, etc. Umigumi has been designed
   for the OpenBrick platforms by the OpenBrick community. Umigumi can
   easily be extended to support any embedded hardware platforms running
   Open Source operating systems like GNU/Linux and FreeBSD/OpenBSD. It
   is expected to become a standard for easy flash memory installers and
   for Linux based appliances.

   For Jean-Paul Smets, CEO of Nexedi, European distributor of the
   OpenBrick platform, "Umigumi was initially developped to solve our
   customers needs with the OpenBrick. Some of our customers want a basic
   firewall fitting in just a few megabytes. Other customers, want to
   install a minimal multimedia Mandrake system in a 64 MB card to play
   OGG audio files. Most custommers want to try all the options,
   including setting up their OpenBrick from a Windows or Mac desktop PC.
   This is why we created Umigumi. Basically, it creates a Compact Flash
   card with bootable code. Once the card is inserted in the OpenBrick,
   the OpenBrick gets automatically reconfigured. Umigumi turns the
   OpenBrick into a chameleon appliance."

   Bao Ha, President of Hacom adds "Umigumi allows the OpenBrick to
   change its identity or to acquire additional capabilities. For
   example, the Embedded Linux Consortium Platform Specification (ELCPS)
   specifies three system environments: Minimal, Intermediate, and Full.
   Umigumi can be used to change the OpenBrick's environment, i.e from
   Intermediate to Full environment in the field. It can also be used to
   acquire future Linux system functionalities, like real-time. However,
   the most exiting news about Umigumi is its future extensions. Umigumi
   will support additional embedded platforms based on other CPU
   architectures, including Motorola 68K, Sun Sparc, PowerPC,
   StrongARM/Xscale, Mips/Mipsel, and Hitachi Super-H"

   Jean-Paul Smets adds "We hope Umigumi will be also used to install USB
   Flash cards on standard PCs. We think that Umigumi has many
   applications besides the OpenBrick platform. We also think it provides
   a path to accelerate the diffusion of innovative software solutions
   based on GNU/Linux and Free Software to a much broader audience".

   Umigumi can be downloaded on the umigumi.org web site.

Permanent URL for this Press Release

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Contact

   Jean-Paul Smets - +33 (0) 6 62 05 76 14 - jp@nexedi.com
   Bao Ha - +1 (310) 675-8221 - bao@hacom.net

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   business administration, production management and consumer relation
   management. Nexexi is the official distributor of OpenBrick in the
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About Hacom

   Hacom specializes in Linux-based and open-source/free-software
   products, including hardware and software solutions. Hacom
   ([3]http://www.hacom.net)is the distributor of OpenBrick products in
   the US.

References

   1. http://www.umigumi.org/
   2. http://www.storever.com/
   3. http://www.hacom.net/