Embedded Linux community responds to Microsoft Attack -- In last week's newsletter, we brought you news of a recently released Microsoft document which compares Windows XP Embedded to Embedded Linux, asserting that Embedded Linux is inferior from both the technical and business perspectives. Subsequent to LinuxDevices.com's "Call to Action" in which we urged the Embedded Linux community to respond to the attack from Microsoft, Embedded Linux vendors have countered that Microsoft's document contains numerous inaccuracies and is based on distorted characterizations of the Embedded Linux operating system as well as of the vendors of Embedded Linux. Here are some of the rebuttals, responses, and other related stories which been published during the past week . . .
Linux-based Digital Video Recorder project launched -- A new project for Digital Video Recorder (DVR) functions on Linux systems equipped with video capture cards has been launched on Sourceforge. Here is a brief summary of the project. Story
Lineo announces $3 million funding, hardware spin-offs, management changes -- Lineo announced the results of recent changes, including the removal of hardware businesses and changes to the executive team, along with another round of investment. Story
G.Mate now accepting orders for YOPY Linux-PDAs -- According G.Mate's Sales and Marketing Manager, the company has begun accepting online orders for the new version of the YOPY Linux PDA. Developer prototypes of the YOPY began shipping early in 2001, but the device was redesigned and a prototype of the new version, a "clam shell" design, was demonstrated at Comdex in November. Story
The thinking behind the Wonka Public License -- Recently, ACUNIA released Wonka, their implementation of the Java language, under a BSD-style license. In this guest column, ACUNIA Chief Technology Officer Steven Buytaert and VM Architect Chris Gray explain the reasons behind the decision. Story
Real-time & Embedded Forum announces Jan. 23-25 agenda -- The Open Group has issued the agenda for the January Real-time and Embedded Systems forum meeting. Several key sessions pertain to Real-time and Embedded Linux. Story
New development version of wxWindows has been released -- A new development version of the wxWindows library has been released. wxWindows is an OpenSource cross-platform C++ GUI library which provides an Open Source alternative to Qt. It is free for any use, including commercial use. Story
As part of our continuing efforts to support the rapidly growing Embedded Linux Market, we are pleased to announce the online 2001 Embedded Linux Market Survey. The survey, which is structured in three parts, asks developers of Linux-based embedded systems and intelligent devices to anonymously provide information about their applications, their embedded Linux OS requirements and preferences, and the perceived advantages and disadvantages of using Linux in embedded applications.
No problem! Read them here: Dec. 13, 2001, Dec. 6, 2001, Nov. 29, 2001, Nov. 22, 2001, Nov. 15, 2001, Nov. 8, 2001, Nov. 1, 2001, Oct. 25, 2001, Oct. 18, 2001, Oct. 11, 2001, Oct. 4, 2001, Sep. 27, 2001, Sep. 20, 2001, Sep. 13, 2001, Sep. 6, 2001
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