Framingham, MA — (press release excerpt) — IDG World Expo announced today that the upcoming LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, to be held August 26-30, 2001 at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center, will feature an Embedded Linux Pavilion to educate attendees on the growing opportunities for Linux in embedded… computing.

The Pavilion will be sponsored by the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC), a vendor-neutral trade association dedicated to promoting and implementing the Linux operating system throughout embedded computing. As Official Organizing Sponsor, the ELC will staff an information booth in the Pavilion to address the core issues facing the embedded components of Linux. The ELC will also provide speakers and content for the Embedded Linux track of the Worldwide Developer Conference at LinuxWorld.

“While Linux on the Desktop as a viable competitor to Windows remains an unrealized desire, Linux in servers and embedded applications is happening at an increasing pace,” said Murry Shohat, Executive Director of the Embedded Linux Consortium. “The Linux community may be looking at the largest market for their efforts when it looks at 'embedded.' The Embedded Linux Pavilion will act as a rallying point for this interest on the floor of LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.”

The ELC's information booth will be staffed by members in a vendor-neutral setting, allowing members of the Linux community to obtain answers about embedded Linux. Attendees at LinuxWorld can also learn about specific vendor offerings from other exhibitors in the Embedded Linux Pavilion.

 
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