- Pixo
Pixo was a company that developed infrastructure for
wireless systems. Paul Mercer left Apple in 1994 to found Pixo. The company developed a system software toolkit in C++ which was later adopted by Apple for use in theiPod . Apple continues to use Pixo OS technology in currently shipping modelsFact|date=July 2007. The use of the Pixo OS in the iPod was never formally announced, although the first-generation iPod's "About iPod" display includes a mention of Pixo, and aConnectix biography of their VP of engineeringMike Neil [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20030806065941/http://www.connectix.com/about/bios.html About Connectix (at Internet Archive)] ] mentions his role as "lead architect on the Pixo OS that is used in ... the Apple iPod". Apple acquired the Pixo OS shortly after shipping the iPod and removed mention of Pixo from the "About iPod" display with a firmware update to the first-generation iPod. In 2003Sun Microsystems bought Pixo inc.On
April 9 ,2007 ,Apple Inc. CEOSteve Jobs [http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/09ipod.html announced] that Apple Inc. shipped its 100 millionthiPod , making the Pixo OS one of the most widely used embedded operating systems.The Pixo
application framework is written in theC++ programming language [ [http://www.research.att.com/~bs/applications.html List of C++ applications] , maintained by C++ creatorBjarne Stroustrup ] .References
External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.pixo.com Pixo.com website since 1996] (at
Internet Archive )
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010815050140/pixo.com/products/products001.htm Capabilities and features of the Pixo OS Platform 2.1]
* [http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2003-07/sunflash.20030717.1.html Sun Press Release announcing completion of acquisition]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/16/BUGTG878AR1.DTL&type=printable SF Chronicle article on Pixo's involvement in Apple's iPod]
* [http://www.designinginteractions.com/interviews/PaulMercer Bill Mogridge video inteview of Paul Mercers involvement in the design of the iPod]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/technology/27mercer.html?ei=5088&en=7ca4508916893a7f&ex=1298696400&pagewanted=all Interview with Paul Mercer and bio of his work]
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