Sony Development

Sony Development designs, engineers, and develops location-based entertainment and retail entertainment systems in the U.S. and venues around the world.

Sony Development uses Linux for the following functions:

• X-Windows:

  • X-Windows terminal (display, keyboard, mouse -- applications run elsewhere)
  • X-Windows server (runs applications, possibly exports display)

• Network file server:

  • Samba server for a network of PCs.
  • NFS server for other PCs and Unix systems.

• Office productivity software:

  • Document preparation with LyX.
  • Document preparation with TeX, LaTeX and derivatives.
  • Document preparation with TROFF, NROFF, GROFF or derivatives.

• Internet client software - WWW

  • NetScape Navigator.
  • Lynx.

• Internet client software - mail

  • Pine.
  • Elm.
  • Netscape's mail client.

• Electronic mail server:

  • POP-3 server.
  • IMAP server.
  • SMTP server (sendmail, others).
  • SMTP mail router.

• Network services provided to local users:

  • HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
  • ``Regular'' (user-ID and password required) ftp server.
  • Accepts telnet connections.
  • Accepts secure-shell (ssh) connections.
  • Services finger requests.
  • Runs one or more database servers.
  • Other services.

• Network services provided to remote users over dial-up or the Internet:

  • HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.

• Software development tools:

  • C and/or C++
  • Java
  • Perl
  • Guile
  • Bourne, Korn, C or another shell; using sed, awk, grep and similar tools.
  • Others.

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