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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Rock out at stop lights and never change a CD.

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