Rick Lehrbaum, of LinuxDevices.com writes . . .

“Linux vs. Windows. It's a battle fought on many fronts. While a worldwide legion of Linux developers has successfully mounted a frontal attack on Microsoft's WinNT in the servers, routers, firewalls, and telecommunications markets, the open-source community has quietly set its sites on another of Microsoft's three OSes: WinCE — the Windows operating… (more…)

Linux vs. Windows. It's a battle fought on many fronts. While a worldwide legion of Linux developers has successfully mounted a frontal attack on Microsoft's WinNT in the servers, routers, firewalls, and telecommunications markets, the open-source community has quietly set its sites on another of Microsoft's three OSes: WinCE — the Windows operating system for handheld and embedded devices. (more…)

NEW YORK — (company press release) — Monta Vista Software Inc., developer of the Hard Hat Linux operating system for embedded applications, demonstrates the ability of its embedded Linux distribution to handle the real-world mix of vendors and microprocessor architectures present in telecommunications and data communications applications. (more…)

NEW YORK — (company press release) — MontaVista Software Inc., developer of the Hard Hat Linux operating system for embedded applications, today announces its plans to offer an array of real-time performance options for the company's embedded Linux distribution. To address the range of requirements for real-time responsiveness and determinism, MontaVista will enhance the already good performance of the… (more…)

Paula Rooney writes, in Computer Reseller News . . .

“When Linus Torvalds takes center stage at LinuxWorld on February 2, he will no longer wear the hat of the impartial shepherd of the Linux operating system, but that of the creator of a new Linux distribution, Mobile Linux. (more…)

Neoware Systems, Inc. will demonstrate a new, embedded version of the Linux operating system at LinuxWorld Expo in New York. This new operating system is designed for Information Appliances — small devices that typically do not have hard disk drives or significant memory. (more…)

New York, NY — (company press release) — Embedded Planet today announced the availability of an embedded Linux development platform. The software development platform called Linux Planet integrates the company's RPX hardware and firmware with Hard Hat Linux from MontaVista. It dramatically shortens the time required to build embedded devices and makes it easier than ever to do so with standard hardware… (more…)

NEW YORK, Feb. 1 — (company press release) — Lineo, Inc., a leading developer of embedded Linux system software, today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Zentropix, a leading provider of real-time Linux solutions. By adding the real-time expertise of Zentropix to the Embedix product line, Lineo now offers a solid real-time Linux solution to OEMs, extending the capabilities of the… (more…)

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA — (company press release) — IndyBox Systems, the leading manufacturer of Linux computers, announces its entrance into the embedded devices market. Applying its Linux talents to the production of embedded devices, IndyBox now manufacturers cheap, reliable embedded devices for systems such as IndyBox's Changeable Sign Display, and for systems by third party vendors such as microwaves,… (more…)