This article at SD Times provides some perspective on the significance of the just-released Embedded Linux Platform Specification. In the article, Mitch Bunnell (LynuxWorks) and Victor Yodaiken (FSMLabs) offer their opinions on why the new spec is important to Embedded Linux and, more importantly, to embedded system… developers in general . . .

“According to Mitch Bunnell, CTO of founding member LynuxWorks Inc., the new specification leverages existing best practices, mainly those from the Linux Standard Base (LSB) and POSIX standardized interfaces for Unix. 'We wanted to define a set of available APIs that were standard and not proprietary, so [developers] building embedded applications could depend on' a minimal and defined set of services existing in a device running Linux. Bunnell said the new specs will be most helpful for deciding among the countless options available to Linux developers . . .”

“Yodaiken, also an ELC board member, said that standardization of embedded Linux will both preserve and expand the market . . .”

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