Due to the extremely high level of interest generated by Rick Lehrbaum's article entitled Defenestrating Windows, we have created a special LinuxDevices.com forum area that is devoted to continuing discussion on this topic:

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Los Angeles, CA — (press release excerpt) — Nokia today announced availability of RealPlayer on the Nokia Media Terminal, an innovative “infotainment” device for the home. (more…)

Chesterfield, U.K. — (press release excerpt) — DSP Design has announced the Linux LaunchPad, a tried and tested development platform for embedded applications. Linux LaunchPad integrates high functionality embedded PC hardware with a pre-configured Linux operating system and a well-documented development process. (more…)

Boise, ID — (press release excerpt) — RidgeRun Inc. today announced the availability of their DSPLinux Software Development Kit (SDK) release 1.0 for embedded Linux developers. This release, incorporating the Linux 2.4 kernel, is optimized for embedded devices and building the applications which run on those devices. (more…)

Tempe, AZ — (press release excerpt) — Motorola Computer Group today announced that it expects to begin shipping version 2.0 of its Linux-based advanced high availability (HA) hardware and software platform in June, and expects to make available early access versions based on LynxOS and Windows 2000 in the same time frame. (more…)

Mexico City — (press release excerpt) — Certus Corporation announced a new interactive set-top cable platform for deployment in Mexico and Latin America. The device is based on National Semiconductor's Geode system-on-chip processor, Embedded Linux, and broadband media streaming software from EnReach. (more…)

Los Angeles, CA — (press release excerpt) — Nokia Home Communications and Loki Software announced today an agreement to make Linux games from Loki available on the Nokia Media Terminal. The Media Terminal is an innovative infotainment device that seamlessly combines digital video broadcast (DVB), gaming, full… (more…)

American Megatrends Inc. today announced the development of AMIDiag for Linux, a Linux version of popular diagnostic utility. AMIDiag for Linux is being developed in a 100% native Linux environment. AMIDiag for Linux will support all major Linux distributions and will provide a structured diagnostic environment that is ideal for embedded Linux applications. (more…)

Robert Lemos of ZDNet News writes . . .

Calling Microsoft's way of doing business a “deliberately incompatible strategy,” 10 luminaries from the open-source movement lashed back at the software giant on Tuesday for its recent criticism of the centerpiece of the free-software movement: the general public license, or GPL. (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista announced today that STMicroelectronics has designated MontaVista as its first and preferred supplier of Linux for its ST40 system-on-chip (SOC) processors. MontaVista and STMicroelectronics will launch their alliance by collaborating on the development of Hard Hat Linux for ST40-based digital consumer platforms. (more…)

Dublin, CA — (press release excerpt) — Zendex Corporation, a 20-year veteran of the embedded control system industry, chose the revolutionary ZF Micro Devices' ZFx86 (formerly MachZ) microprocessor as the core of the Zendex ZXE-x86 embedded controller. Complementing the processor is the robust Linux operating system including web server and 12 x 32-pin DIP memory sockets for 256MB additional EPROM,… (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. announced Hard Hat Linux (HHL) support for IBM's reference platform for the recently announced NP4GS3 network processor. The result is a comprehensive hardware/software platform that OEMs can use in developing, testing, optimizing performance, and… (more…)

East Fishkill, NY — (press release excerpt) — IBM today announced it is working with MontaVista Software, Inc. to make its Hard Hat Linux operating system available for IBM's PowerPC based single-chip set-top box (STB) controller. Combining high-performance PowerPC-based STB controllers with Linux-based open standards software, IBM is providing electronics manufacturers with the ability to develop new… (more…)

Eazel, the company that created the Nautilus navigator for Linux, has closed its doors after an unsuccessful attempt to obtain further funding for its activities — an apparent casualty of the current economic down-turn. The following message was posted to the gnome-hackers discussion list . . . (more…)

This formal response to the recent speech by Microsoft vice president Craig Mundie attacking open source software is signed by some of the biggest names in the free software and open source community. (more…)