Nicolas Mokhoff of EE Times writes . . .

“PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Momemtum continues to build for Linux as the operating system of choice for system designers. A dozen vendors in the embedded systems world have formed the Embedded Linux Consortium for advancing the OS's cause in embedded designs . . .”

“The consortium will help ease development of common messages on using Linux in the fast-emerging world of Internet appliances, unattended systems, wireless access, home networks, set-top boxes, and a myriad of other embedded system applications . . .”

“The embedded systems industry has always been scattered among many real-time operating systems, chief among which is Wind River Systems (Alameda, Calif.). Recently, on Lehrbaum's popular Linux site, Wind River founder and chairman of the board Jerry Fiddler remarked in an interview that 'it was Microsoft who created Linux, or at least the opportunity for the Linux phenomena that we are witnessing today' . . .”

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