The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) is developing its first advertisement, following an evaluation of messages for the marketplace. Acting ELC executive director, Murry Shohat, said the objective is “a quintessential simple recruiting message, something that expresses how we really feel about the destiny of the Linux operating system in the embedded markets.” The new ELC ad will debut in the show guide… (more…)

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, writing at [email protected] Partner, observes that such an acquisition might significantly alter the Linux landscape, with Caldera becoming a more formidable Red Hat rival and SCO would morphing into a Linux services company. Vaughan-Nichols writes . . . (more…)

This guest column by Kevin Dankwardt originated as a talkback to the LinuxDevices.com article entitled “What is Linux?” Dankwardt writes . . . (more…)

Mountain View, CA — (press release) — TechOnLine and MontaVista Present a Free, Live, Online Seminar: “Linux: the Internet Appliance Platform” . . . (more…)

Silicon Valley, Calif. — (press release) — The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) today congratulated EMBLIX on its formation as the Japanese consortium for embedded Linux vendors, academicians and users. EMBLIX's 24 members at launch and the ELC's 91 members send a powerful message to the global embedded computing community, demonstrating the unquestionable momentum and the long-term viability of the… (more…)

EE Times editor Bernard Cole reports that IBM is preparing to unveil, next week, a broad set of embedded Java initiatives developed by its subsidiary, Object Technology Inc. Cole writes . . . (more…)

San Francisco — (press release) — Online computer information source CNET Networks Inc. said Wednesday it would buy Ziff-Davis Inc.'s online business ZDNet for $1.6 billion in stock, in a bid to create a leader in providing technology information and services. (more…)

LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum interviewed eight Linux and open source luminaries, to assemble this perspective on “What is Linux?” for the embedded Linux market. Lehrbaum writes . . . (more…)

Why even ask that question?

Linux is in the midst of being shaped and molded to fit thousands of applications ranging from tiny hand-held (or smaller) appliances to huge cluster-based supercomputers. That process is advanced by the free and open availability of Linux source code. (more…)

This article at IT-Director.com explores the snowballing trend of using Linux as the operating system inside smart devices and embedded systems, in light of the recent launch of a Japan Embedded Linux Consortium by two dozen Japanese electronics companies. (more…)

Palm Palm Technology, a Korean-based Embedded Linux solution developer, has announced receipt of an investment totaling $6M from local venture funds. The company has recently developed “Tynux,” an Embedded Linux distribution targeting the requirements of the mobile device market including wireless Internet access terminals and cellular phones. (more…)

PC-Doctor, Inc. has announced PC-Doctor for Linux, a diagnostic software package that checks system configuration and performs over 350 tests for quick resolution of hardware problems. According to company sources, the product also provides “an enterprise-strength and structured diagnostic environment” for embedded Linux applications. (more…)

[updated: July 18, 2000] Scyld Computing has released a GPL Linux driver for the CATC NetMate USB-to-Ethernet Link. The NetMate connects systems to Ethernet LANs via a USB port. The Scyld driver adds plug-and-play USB support to systems incorporating the Linux 2.2 kernel, and supports several chip-level USB-to-Ethernet controllers (including one made by CATC). (more…)

Many embedded systems operate in a “headless” manner — that is, they don't include a video monitor and keyboard for user input/output access. However, many such systems can take advantage of small, low power, and inexpensive character or dot-matrix LCD displays to display simple system information. (more…)

A recently issued IDC announcement forecasts the continuing dominance of Microsoft operating systems within the “client operating environment” (COE) market, for the forseeable future. The COE market, as defined by IDC, consists of distributed network-integrated clients, including new technologies such as thin client application architectures and the Internet. (more…)