Cosource.com has published an interview with Lineo CTO Tim Bird about his assessment of a recent open source development project that was co-funded by Lineo. The project utilized Cosource's cooperative system for open source code development, and resulted in an enhancement to Kdevelop.

“Tim's answers offer keen insight into why a corporate organization would want to fund open source projects that will immediately be available to competitors. In Lineo's case, growing the entire market for embedded Linux is a key factor for Tim. Expanding the amount and quality of code available on embedded Linux is one way for Lineo to ensure their own growth.”

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