Carmen Nobel, of eWEEK, reports on the introduction of an open source version of Embedded Linux for PDAs by Transvirtual Technologies at LinuxWorld. Nobel writes . . .

“Banking on the idea that if you liked it on servers, you'll love it on PDAs, Transvirtual Technologies Inc. this week will introduce a development platform for Linux on handheld devices.”

“At LinuxWorld in San Jose, Calif., the Berkeley, Calif., company will introduce Pocketlinux Developer Kits, which include the framework and the personal digital assistant on which to use it.”

“Starting this week, the development software will also be available for download at www.pocketlinux.com. Pricing has yet to be set.”

“Pocketlinux includes Transvirtual's flagship product, Kaffe [an open source Java virtual machine], along with its own version of embedded Linux.”

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