from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Insignia Solutions, Inc.
<company> /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://insignia.com/).
(2000-02-14)