LinuxDevices.com Newsletter for Jan. 9, 2003

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                          January 9, 2003
                by Rick Lehrbaum -- Executive Editor

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LinuxDevices.com wishes all of our readers and their families,
friends, and associates a peaceful, healthy, happy, and prosperous
New Year.  In case you missed our last 2002 newsletter and first 
2003 newsletter, you can access them here:

  http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/newsbriefs/dec19-02.html
  http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/newsbriefs/jan02-03.html


_____________________ * * * TOP STORIES * * * ____________________


MONTAVISTA UNVEILS EMBEDDED LINUX FOR CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
MontaVista Software announced a new push into the consumer
electronics market, with the introduction of the MontaVista Linux
Consumer Electronics Edition (CEE).  The company claims CEE
represents "the first Linux operating system and cross-development
environment specifically designed for consumer electronics
applications."  Here are three related stories . . .

*  MONTAVISTA STRATEGY AND NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5870024272.html

*  LINUX HEADING FOR CELL PHONES [IDG NEWS]
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3814831991.html

*  LINUX START-UP EYES CONSUMER ELECTRONICS [CNET]
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8233636215.html


EMBEDDED LINUX DESIGN ISSUES
In this technical article, Nicholas McGuire examines the
requirements of embedded systems and suggests some key issues that
need to be addressed in order to improve Linux for use in embedded
applications.  Comments and discussion are encouraged.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6809432297.html


INTRODUCTION TO THE ELC'S NEW EMBEDDED LINUX PLATFORM SPEC
This article by Kevin Dankwardt provides a brief explanation of the
process that led to the development of the Embedded Linux
Consortium Platform Specification (ELCPS) and a cursory description
of its contents. Dankwardt served as a member ELC's working group
that developed the ELCPS.  Comments and discussion are encouraged.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5428603949.html


"EMBEDDED LINUX" BOOK AUTHOR OFFERS 3-DAY SEMINAR
Dr. Craig Hollabaugh, author of "Embedded Linux" (published by
Addison Wesley), will present a 3-day seminar in Colorado on March
10-12, 2003.  Participants get to keep the target board used in the
seminar afterwards, along with the hard drive that contains their
developed (and presumably working) Embedded Linux software. 
Everyone also gets a copy of Hollabaugh's book (presumably
autographed).
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8923932750.html


NEW PANASONIC BROADBAND TERMINAL / IP-PHONE TO BE POWERED BY LINUX
MontaVista Software announced that Panasonic has selected
MontaVista Linux to be the embedded operating system in a
next-generation multifunction Internet terminal and IP phone.  More
details and a photo of the device appear in the article.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2605511696.html


TI SHOWCASES EMBEDDED LINUX BASED TELEMATICS AT CES
Texas Instruments (TI) demonstrated a telematics application that
showcased next generation features for car radios.  MontaVista
Linux and various third-party mapping and speech interface software
were shown running on TI's OMAP processor.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7400807599.html


REFERENCE PLATFORM SIMPLIFIES DESIGNS BASED ON DTV SOC
Oak Technology announced availability of the Cougar-G9 development
board, which is based on its Generation9 single-chip solution for
digital TV.  The system supports embedded Linux "out of the box,"
and can be used for developing TVs, set-top boxes, personal video
recorders, and digital video recorders.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3928764491.html


SANDIA NATIONAL LABS REMOTE VIDEO TECHNOLOGY LEVERAGES LINUX
A prototype two-board set developed by Sandia National Labs allows
high resolution images to be efficiently viewed and manipulated
remotely.  The Sandia hardware, for which a patent has been
applied, makes use of an ETX form-factor embedded PC daughter
module (from JUMPtec) and the Linux operating system.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9814741916.html


ZAURUS LINUX PDA GAINS BAR-CODE AND CELLULAR HANDSET SUPPORT
SDG Systems introduced two new options for the Sharp Zaurus Linux
PDA: a high-speed data connection cable that connects the Zaurus to
a cellular handset; and a bar code scanning CompactFlash
attachment.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7829673154.html


DYNAMIC POWER MANAGEMENT FOR THE IBM POWERPC 405LP
A recently published whitepaper describes a joint project by IBM
and MontaVista to develop a dynamic power management framework for
Linux that makes use of the advanced features of the 405LP and
other members of the emerging class of processors that support
dynamic scaling.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6289672001.html


TRANSMETA INTRODUCES CRUSOE PROCESSORS FOR EMBEDDED APPS
The new family, dubbed "Crusoe Special Embedded (SE) processors"
(Crusoe SE), target a broad range of embedded applications
including industrial automation, scientific instrumentation, retail
kiosks, point-of-sale terminals, automotive infotainment, process
control, and home automation systems.  Linux is among the primary
embedded operating systems supported.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7283595543.html


COMPACTPCI-BASED TELECOM PLATFORM INITIATIVE ANNOUNCED
A group of communications platform and component providers
announced an initiative called Compact Telecommunications Computing
Architecture, or "CompactTCA."  The objective of the proposal is to
clearly define an embedded system platform specification, which
combines several existing CompactPCI specifications from the PCI
Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG) into a single
standard.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8878977233.html


MS ROLLS OUT WINDOWS MEDIA 9, ANNOUNCES NON-WINDOWS LICENSING
Microsoft released Windows Media 9 for the development,
distribution, and playback of digital audio and video files, and
along with it announced its first-ever licensing fees for use of
its media delivery software on non-Microsoft platforms, enabling
its use on OSes such as embedded Linux.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9538189082.html


ALL SOURCE CODE SHOULD BE OPEN [DEVELOPER.COM]
In this op-ed piece at Developer.com, Charles Connell explains why
he believes that all source code should be open, whether or not it
is released under an open source license. (Connell does not suggest
that all software should be released as open source.)
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6250929549.html


UPDATE ON GNU BAYONNE
What's happening with GNU Bayonne?  The project leader fills us in
on the free telecommunications application server in this online
article from Linux Journal magazine.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6018424474.html


DERIVATIVE WORKS
When is one program a "derivative work" of another?  Lawrence
Rosen, general counsel for the Open Source Initiative (which
manages and promotes the Open Source Definition), sheds some light
on this important topic in an online article at Linux Journal. 
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3903936436.html


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