LinuxDevices.com Newsletter for Dec. 19, 2002

      WELCOME TO LINUXDEVICES.COM'S EMBEDDED LINUX NEWSLETTER 
                          December 19, 2002
                by Rick Lehrbaum -- Executive Editor

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next two weeks, in recognition of the end-of-year holidays.  We
therefore want to take this opportunity to wish all of our readers
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you for your support during the past year.  The next newsletter
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MOTOROLA/METROWERKS ACQUIRES EMBEDDED LINUX PIONEER LINEO
It's official:  Following weeks of speculation, Motorola's
Metrowerks embedded tools subsidiary has formally announced that
they are acquiring the key assets of Embedix Inc. (formerly Lineo
Inc.), one of the earliest and most popular providers of embedded
Linux software and tools.  IDC senior analyst Paul Zorfass expects
the acquisition of Embedix by Motorola/Metrowerks to add stability
to the embedded Linux market:  "Unlike Linux in the enterprise
space, the embedded Linux market has been hampered by a lack of
credibility and stability," observed Zorfass.  "This announcement
is important because it signifies a further maturation of the
embedded Linux market, as well as the support and backing from as
significant an organization as the Metrowerks subsidiary of
Motorola."
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3637903027.html


SPECIAL REPORT:  MATSUSHITA, SONY DEVELOPING LINUX-BASED CONSUMER
DEVICE OS
In what may well represent one of the most significant milestones
of the rapidly emerging Embedded Linux market, Matsushita and Sony
have jointly announced that the two companies are collaborating to
create an embedded Linux operating system for consumer devices.  To
provide added perspective, LinuxDevices.com brings you this Special
Report which includes the text of the Matsushita/Sony announcement,
and also provides a roundup of some of the many international news
stories surrounding this important development.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4980264574.html


EJLONLINE PUBLISHES 10 ADDITIONAL EMBEDDED LINUX ARTICLES
LinuxDevices.com is pleased to announce the addition of ten new
articles to its Embedded Linux Journal Online ("ELJonline")
repository.  With the frenzy of embedded Linux news winding down as
we head into the year-end holiday season, these interesting
articles on our favorite subject provide a perfect way to fill
those idle moments!   

 * WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR WALLS?
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3718756592.html   

 * THE TTY LAYER
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5727959130.html

 * The tty Layer, Part II
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3711365653.html

 * GNU BAYONNE IS FOR TELEPHONY
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5162780509.html

 * EMBEDDED SYSTEM À LA CARTE
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4160697622.html

 * ANATOMY OF A SMALL OPEN-SOURCE KERNEL FOR DSPS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6489405871.html

 * TESTING SAFETY-CRITICAL SOFTWARE WITH ADATEST
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9533297866.html

 * VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING FOR EMBEDDED LINUX PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6071632730.html

 * IMPROVING NETWORK-BASED INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DATA PROTOCOLS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3410627961.html

 * APPLICATIONS FOR THE SHARP ZAURUS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9909989625.html


AN INTRO TO THE MESHBOX -- A LINUX-POWERED WIRELESS MESH REPEATER
LocustWorld recently announced a hardware/software implementation
of an open access point platform capable of meeting the needs of
community networks. The system is available for purchase as a
ready-to-go system (the "MeshBox"), or the software can be freely
downloaded from LocustWorld's website.  Originally released as a
bootable CDROM called "MeshAP," MeshBox now combines the
capabilities of a set-top box Internet Appliance, wireless mesh
router, connection to remote windows terminal servers (or other
PCs), web browsing, mp3 audio and mpeg video streaming, connection
to multiple peer-to-peer networks, instant messaging network chat,
and file exchange.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5073214560.html


TOSHIBA INVESTS IN MONTAVISTA
MontaVista Software has received an equity investment from Toshiba
America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC), a subsidiary of the
global electronics firm, Toshiba Corp. TAEC joins a list of
high-profile corporate investors, including IBM, Intel, Sony,
Yamaha, and Panasonic who have invested in MontaVista Software this
year.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6414119393.html


OTHER NOTEWORTHY ITEMS FROM THE PAST WEEK . . .

*  GNU Bayonne adds embedded SQL for telephony
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7664561314.html

*  Altera's tiniest reconfigurable processor gains embedded Linux
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9322282070.html

*  Mono trudges on with .NET alternative
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8046813740.html

*  AMD attacks device market with Alchemy development boards
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9574599247.html

*  Embedded Linux supports new PowerPC-FPGA development platform
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4722270967.html

*  RNDIS function drivers support USB networking
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5447833670.html

*  3-part series on OpenMosix clustering technology
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2125340712.html

*  Introduction to Linux concurrency concepts
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7588581811.html


______ * * * FREQUENTLY UPDATED QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES * * * _____

*  EMBEDDED LINUX INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW ("start here")
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9888936014.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX DISTRIBUTIONS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2760742655.html

*  REAL-TIME LINUX
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8073314981.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX GUI/WINDOWING SOFTWARE
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9202043619.html

*  JAVA TECHNOLOGIES FOR EMBEDDED LINUX SYSTEMS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8918758707.html

*  LINUX-FRIENDLY SYSTEM-ON-CHIP PROCESSORS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4313418436.html

*  LINUX-FRIENDLY EMBEDDED SINGLE BOARD COMPUTERS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2614444132.html

*  LITTLE LINUX SYSTEMS FOR PROJECTS & PRODUCTS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2016997232.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX "COOL DEVICES"
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4936596231.html

*  LINUX-BASED PDAs
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8728350077.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX MARKET
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5991623822.html


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