Foreword: Matthew Harris' last case as a practicing lawyer was as lead technical litigator in the Caldera antitrust case against Microsoft which ended up with Microsoft making a large payment to Caldera. (more…)

BusyBox maintainer Erik Andersen sent us this brief announcement of the release of BusyBox version 0.52 . . . (more…)

The Real Time Linux Workshop 2001, has issued the following call for papers . . .

Thinking Nerds and the Real Time Linux Foundation, Inc. are pleased to announce the Third Real Time Linux Workshop, held in the framework of the Applied Linux and Embedded Internet Conference and Expo Milan organized by ACTIVE Exhibitions Europe (November 26-29, 2001, in Milan, Italy). (more…)

By Stephen Shankland; special to ZDNet News . . .

MontaVista Software, a company selling Linux for non-PC computing products, signed up Toshiba and Ericsson as major new business partners but laid off 20 percent of its staff. (more…)

Let your voice be heard! No prizes, just the satisfaction of making your opinion known by participating in the seventh annual Linux Journal Readers' Choice Awards. Let us know your preferred database, programming beverage (and language), text editor, architecture and more. (more…)

Santa Clara, California — (press release excerpt) — Open Country, a provider of commerce, distribution and management solutions for Open Source applications, today announced Open Innovation, a conference to be held at the Santa Clara Marriott on July 31 and August 1. (more…)

TinyWidgets is a 'C' based widget set designed to work with the Nano-X API. Nano-X is a part of the Microwindows project. TinyWidgets is shipped with a Glade-like GUI designer for rapidly developing applications. (more…)

By Matthew Broersma, ZDNet (UK) . . .

IBM has called Microsoft's recent attacks on the open source business model “arrogance”, blasting them as futile and counterproductive. (more…)

MontaVista has apparently challenged Lineo's claim to support nearly 100 different embedded processors, according to an article at Linuxgram.com. Linuxgram writes . . . (more…)

By Stephen Shankland; special to ZDNet News . . .

Even as Microsoft touts the open availability of the underpinnings of its .Net initiative, open-source advocates are working to make sure .Net isn't a Microsoft-only technology (more…)

Pierre Coupard, the genius behind the amazing Linux/RTAI based software radio, now brings us this interesting article that explains how you can build an environmentally friendly uClinux system that is powered by a hand-operated crank. Look ma, no batteries! (more…)

This is the slide presentation given by LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum at the Embedded Linux Expo & Conference (ELEC) held on June 27, 2001 in San Jose, CA. Topics discussed include . . .

• Why use Linux in embedded applications?
• Embedded Linux market data
• Examples of “cool” Embedded Linux apps
• Embedded Linux “SWOT” analysis *
• The future of Embedded Linux

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This is the slide presentation given by LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum at the Embedded Linux Expo & Conference (ELEC) held on June 27, 2001 in San Jose, CA. Topics discussed include . . .

1. Why use Linux in embedded applications?
2. Embedded Linux market data
3. Examples of “cool” Embedded Linux apps
4. Embedded Linux “SWOT” analysis *
5. The future of Embedded Linux

… (more…)

The results of the election of members of the board of directors of the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) are in. The ELC's independent ballot counting organization, Webster/Chamberlain/Bean, has determined that runoff elections are not needed; the winners are . . . (more…)

Pierre Coupard, the genius behind the amazing Linux/RTAI based software radio, now brings us this interesting article that explains how you can build an environmentally friendly uClinux system that is powered by a hand crank. Look ma, no batteries! (more…)