An article at the SD Times notes that many of the major embedded computing stories of 2003 were informed by Linux, either explicitly or implicitly. According to the article, major embedded stories related to Linux included . . .

• Flip-flop of Wind River Systems Inc.'s position on… Linux.
• Resignation of Wind River CEO Thomas St. Dennis
• Interim CEO Narendra Gupta returns the company to its roots in the development tools market, where it will added Linux to its list of target operating systems.
• Metrowerks launches a major embedded Linux strategy, acquires Embedix Inc., formerly known as Lineo Inc., and resurrects Lineo's OpenPDA, launches Platform Creation Suite.
• Linux kernel 2.6, the “most embeddable” Linux kernel so far, with a pre-emptible kernel and a more granular scheduler. LynuxWorks expects to finish beta testing Blue Cat Linux 5, based on the new kernel, by the end of the year.
• Release of JSR-1, the Real-Time Specification for Java. JTime from TimeSys Inc., a JVM for TimeSys Linux, is among the first products to include JSR-1 and is used by NASA in a Mars Rover prototype.

The article also looks at Microsoft's loosening of access to Windows CE source code and radical price reductions, which are seen as “survival tactics” in the face of increased competition from embedded Linux.

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