MontaVista Founding Team member Bill Weinberg has left the company to join the Open Source Development Labs in the newly created role of “Open Source Architect Specialist.” Weinberg will work with Lab members, Linux users, press, and analysts as an evangelist for Linux and OSDL programs.

Weinberg has 17 years of embedded and open systems experience, with Lynx Real-Time Systems, Acer Computer, Microtec Research, and MontaVista Software. He regularly writes and speaks about real-time computing, application porting and migration to Linux, Open Source licensing, Linux adoption in international markets, and consumer electronics and handheld applications for embedded Linux. He contributes to LinuxDevices.com, E.E. Times, Applied Computing, LinuxUser, Elektronik, and Embedded Systems Europe, and has been a regularly featured speaker at conferences that include Intel Developer Forum, ESC Asia, and LinuxWorld.

“Bill is the ideal person to take our message to members, Linux users, press and analysts to accelerate the adoption of Linux in the enterprise,” said Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL. “As the center of gravity for Linux, we have an obligation to make sure that we communicate effectively with key stakeholders in the industry. Bill knows how to lead this vital effort.”

“OSDL drives many of the most important initiatives today in Linux and attracts leading companies around the world as members,” said Weinberg. “Over the past year, the Lab has established itself as an ideal bully pulpit for spreading the word to Lab members, Linux users and Linux developers. In my new role as evangelist for Linux and the Lab's programs, I look forward to fostering Open Source Linux adoption and to furthering OSDL's position in the community.”

 
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