GENIVI goes with MeeGo

MeeGo Software Platform Chosen by the GENIVI Alliance

SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, 2010 - The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit
organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced
the GENIVI Alliance has chosen MeeGo as the basis of their next reference
release for In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI).

MeeGo is an open source platform hosted by The Linux Foundation that brings
together Intel Corporation and Nokia's previous projects and is designed
for computing device types including smartphones, netbooks, tablets,
mediaphones, connected TVs and IVI systems. Adoption by this major
automotive alliance is a testament to the cross-device, cross-architecture
advantages of the MeeGo platform. GENIVI is a nonprofit industry alliance
with founding members BMW Group, Wind River, Intel, GM, PSA, Delphi,
Magneti-Marelli, and Visteon.

IVI is a rapidly growing and evolving field that encompasses the digital
applications that can be used by all occupants of a vehicle, including
navigation, entertainment, location-based services, and connectivity to
devices, car networks and broadband networks. MeeGo will provide the base
for the upcoming GENIVI Apollo release that will be used by members to
reduce time to market and the cost of IVI development. MeeGo's platform
contains a Linux base, middleware, and an interface layer that powers these
rich applications.

"We are pleased to see GENIVI choose MeeGo to power their software
platform," said Jim Zemlin, executive director at the Linux
Foundation. "MeeGo has been built from the ground up for these types of
applications. Because MeeGo is a truly open platform, the work GENIVI will
do to extend the platform can benefit the project and all who use it. For
developers, this is a great opportunity to harness the power of the MeeGo
APIs to target a variety of devices and architectures and extend their work
on handset applications toward vehicles."

"We selected MeeGo as the open source basis for our platform because it is
technically innovative and can provide the cross architecture build support
we require for our references," said Graham Smethurst, President of
GENIVI. "Working with MeeGo we expect to establish a solution that
effectively merges IVI needs with those of the other MeeGo target device
categories."

"Access to a thriving ecosystem and engaging applications for an in-vehicle
infotainment system is vital to our customers," said Gerulf Kinkelin,
GENIVI Director and Innovation Area Manager for Electronics and
Telematices, PSA Peugeot Citroen. "PSA supports GENIVI's decision and
believes the rapid innovation associated with open source and a rich
network of contributors available with MeeGo can enable us to define and
deliver a faster time-to-market, outstanding IVI experience in our upcoming
products."

An initial release of the MeeGo platform is available now from
meego.com/downloads. Interested parties can download and contribute to the
project. The MeeGo project encourages all automakers or industry groups to
participate in the MeeGo project or make use of its software to power their
own distributions.

About the GENIVI Alliance

GENIVI is a non-profit industry alliance committed to driving the broad
adoption of an In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform. GENIVI
will accomplish this by aligning requirements, delivering reference
implementations, offering certification programs and fostering a vibrant
open source IVI community. Our work will result in shortened development
cycles, quicker time-to-market, and reduced costs for companies developing
IVI equipment and software.

About the Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the
growth of Linux. Founded in 2007, the Linux Foundation sponsors the work of
Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading Linux and open
source companies and developers from around the world. The Linux Foundation
promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by hosting important workgroups,
events such as LinuxCon, and online resources such as Linux.com (http://www.linux.com). For more
information, please visit www.linuxfoundation.org (http://www.linuxfoundation.org)
or follow the organization on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/linuxfoundation.

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