Michelle Head, editor at LinuxMall.com, writes about the bright future for Linux among what she calls “alternative computing devices” (ACDs) . . .

“In a presentation at the Colorado Linux Info Quest on April 1, Jim Ready, president and CEO of MontaVista Software Inc., called Linux 'the Rodney Dangerfield of operating systems (OS).' Ready was referring to Linux applications running in embedded systems; cell phones, palm computers and computerized handheld devices fall into this category.”

“Linux is used in embedded devices as varied as medical equipment and airplane mechanisms. 'Linux does the hardest things–like getting certified with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),' Ready explained. 'But no one knows that.' ”

“They're beginning to get the drift. In an interview with CNET, Dan Kusnetzky, director of operating systems research at International Data Corporation Inc., predicted that information appliances such as portable computers and Internet access devices will outnumber personal computers (PCs) by 2005. Such devices will have a limited memory and must be lower in cost to appeal to mass consumers–making Linux the perfect, scalable, royalty-free OS to step into this Lilliputian world of personal computing.”

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