May 2003 snapshot of the Embedded Linux market -- The results of LinuxDevices.com's annual Embedded Linux Market Survey are now in, and they provide an interesting profile of the ascendant embedded Linux software market. This year's online survey was conducted over a three month period -- from November 2002 through January 2003 -- and had nearly 600 participants, the bulk of whom categorize themselves as embedded system software, hardware, or system developers. The article focuses on several key findings, including an interpretation of certain points of data; but the raw survey results are also available for independent interpretation. Story
New book: "Linux for Embedded and Real-Time Applications" -- Newnes Press has published of a new book on the subject of using Linux in embedded and real-time applications. The 250-page book covers topics such as device drivers, kernel implementation, and POSIX threads, with a heavy emphasis on real-time Linux technologies and implementations. The book comes with a CDROM that contains an electronic version of the book along with various software tools, code listings, and two embedded Linux distributions. Story
Report on the first Linux in Control Workshop -- Representatives from more than fifteen Free Software projects in the area of "control" gathered in the historic university town of Leuven, Belgium, on May 9-10 for the first "Linux in Control Workshop." The projects covered a broad range of control-oriented infrastructure and tools, from the real-time operating systems RTLinux and RTAI, to device driver projects such as Comedi, CanFestival, and RTnet, to control projects for PLC, machine tools, and robotics, to "Human-Machine Interface" (HMI) projects. Story
The case for out-sourcing embedded database software -- This whitepaper argues that software development is following in the footsteps of hardware development with respect to the growing use of ready-made components. According to the article, the use of off-the-shelf embedded software components -- having gotten its start with embedded and real-time operating systems -- is now expanding into ever-more areas of embedded software, including middleware and other complex software components such as protocol stacks, messaging, data management, and more. Story
Linux scores a big win in Munich -- IBM announced that the city council of Munich, Germany plans to move 14,000 PCs and 16,000 users from Windows to Linux, in a move to make Linux their standard desktop operating system environment. Story
Update on SCO-vs.-Linux situation -- The bizarre "soap opera" of the SCO Group's attacks on IBM and the entire Linux community continues. In our ongoing efforts to provide potentially pertinent information to our readers, we bring you news of the latest developments . . . Story
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