Writing at NewsForge.com Daniel P. Dern reports that Bluesocket's new wireless gateway contains an embedded Linux operating system. In the article, Bluesocket's CTO explains why they selected Embedded Linux rather than, for example, QNX, and what the perceived benefits of that decision were. Dern writes . . .

“Companies using Bluesocket's wireless gateways may never know that there's Linux inside the box. But Bluesocket CTO Dave Juitt and his engineering staff are very aware of it; in fact, he deliberately chose Linux for use in the company's WG-1000 Wireless Gateway product, and is also looking ahead to using embedded Linux in its upcoming next-generation product . . .”

” . . . Juitt, who was Bluesocket employee No. 1, deliberately chose Linux as the development and production environment, and expects to use embedded Linux — network-upgradeable firmware — in the next-generation wireless gateway, which is still under development.”

“To Juitt, 'Linux is a wonderful operating environment that allows people to use it as an underlying platform to create services and systems on top of. It's amazing: if you need building blocks, are going to snap things together — it's modular below the line of what the end user sees, and is seamless above it.' “

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