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Insignia Solutions, Inc.
     
         /in-sig'nee-* s*-loosh'nz/ A company that made its
        name as a provider of software that allows users to run
        {Microsoft Windows} and {MS-DOS} {application programs} on
        {Digital}, {HP}, {IBM}, {Motorola}, {NeXT}, {Silicon Graphics}
        and {Sun}/{SPARC} {workstations}, {X terminals}, {Java}
        desktops, and {Apple Computer}'s {Power Macintosh} and
        {Motorola 68000}-based computers.
     
        Insignia Solutions was founded in 1986.  Their first product,
        {SoftPC} 1.0 for Sun workstations, was introduced in 1988.
        Also in 1988, Insignia shipped its first version of SoftPC for
        Apple Computer's Macintosh.  As the demand to run Windows and
        MS-DOS applications on non-Intel computers grew, Insignia
        signed {OEM} agreements with several companies including {Data
        General}, Digital, {Fujitsu}, HP, {Intergraph Corp.},
        Motorola, Silicon Graphics, and Sun Microsystems.
     
        Insignia Solutions sold its {SoftWindows} and {RealPC} product
        lines to {FWB Software} [when?].  Its major product in 2000 is
        the {Jeode} platform, a {Java virtual machine} for {Internet
        appliances} and {embedded} devices.
     
        {Home Page (http://www.insignia.com/)}.
     
        (2000-02-14)