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Linux Foundation Monthly Newsletter: January 2011
In this month's Linux Foundation newsletter: * 2011 Event Schedule & LinuxCon Europe Announced * The Linux Foundation Adds a New Fellow * Five New Members Join The Linux Foundation * Individual Membership Drive Winners Announced * Linux Powering Your Cell Phone Network: A Case Study * The Linux Foundation in the News * Featured Training Opportunities & Exclusive Discount ==> 2011 Event Schedule & LinuxCon Europe Announced <== The Linux Foundation's 2011 event schedule is now available and includes new events such as LinuxCon Europe, which will take place October 26-28, 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic. The Linux Foundation is also organizing and hosting the popular Embedded Linux Conferences (ELC) in North America and Europe, as a result of last year's merger between The Linux Foundation and the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF). ELC, now in its sixth year, is dedicated exclusively to embedded Linux and embedded Linux developers. The Linux Foundation's events provide a neutral, collaborative environment that advances the state of the art of the Linux platform and provide networking and education in the technical, business and legal arenas, including professional Linux training opportunities. Pressing issues facing Linux are solved in these open forums where developers, Linux users, ISVs and distribution vendors collaborate on everything from the next kernel release to workgroup milestones to major enterprise deployments. Registration details for all events and the Call For Proposals can be found at http://events.linuxfoundation.org. ==> The Linux Foundation Adds a New Fellow <== OpenEmbedded core developer and Yocto Project maintainer Richard Purdie has been appointed to the position of Linux Foundation Fellow. The Linux Foundation's Fellowship Fund provides financial support for resources that can accelerate development efforts and spur the adoption of Linux and open source software. As a Linux Foundation Fellow, Purdie will work full-time on the Yocto Project, OpenEmbedded, the Poky Project and other embedded Linux development initiatives. Purdie was most recently a Core Developer at OpenEmbedded, where he was also lead maintainer of bitbake. He has also been an embedded Linux architect in Intel's Open Source Technology Center. From 2005 to 2008, he was a Software Engineer at OpenedHand, where he worked with a variety of other open source projects such as Clutter, X server, Zaurus and Oprofile. He has also made numerous contributions to the Linux kernel, including as maintainer of the backlight and LED subsystems. Purdie received his MSci in Physics from University of Durham in 2003. Current Linux Foundation Fellows include John Hawley, Till Kamppeter, Janina Sajka and Linus Torvalds. Previous Fellows include Steve Hemminger, Andrew Morton, Andrew Tridgell and Ted Ts'o. For more information about Richard Purdie's Fellowship appointment, please visit: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2... ==> Five New Members Join The Linux Foundation <== Linux continues to be an enabling technology across market segments. As the ubiquity of Linux increases, companies are looking to collaborate on both software development and industry initiatives. This month, we welcome five new members to The Linux Foundation. Broadcom: Global communications leader Broadcom Corporation follows its move to open source 802.11 chipset drivers with increased open development. "There is no question: Linux has become a major platform for communications devices and technologies," said Michael Hurlston, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Broadcom's WLAN line of business. "Our decision to open source the drivers for Broadcom's 802.11 chipsets is in response to our growing base of customers using Linux and is the first of what we expect to be many open development success stories." GoAhead: Leading provider of COTS software for network equipment manufacturers joins Foundation to enhance open source business strategy. "Linux has become the primary operating system in the telecommunications market. An increasing number of our customers use it in their network equipment and systems," said Bill Yaman, Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing, GoAhead. "Our Linux Foundation membership will help us to actively participate in the collaborative development model and advance both our company strategy as well as Linux overall." Mentor Graphics: Veteran in embedded design joins Linux Foundation to support embedded Linux developers and vendors. "The promise of embedded Linux is being realized and developers are seeking tools and resources to support their work with this OS. This is in perfect alignment with our vision and our enabling technologies and services. The Linux Foundation is increasing its focus on embedded projects to help accelerate the Linux platform in this area," said Glenn Perry, general manager of Mentor Graphics Embedded Software Division. "We're excited to become a member of The Linux Foundation and to be a part of advancing Linux in the embedded computing market." Protecode: IP management company to participate in Open Compliance Program. "Companies today are building products with software code from multiple sources, which is creating advances in time-to-market and cost reduction but can also introduce licensing complexities," said Kamal Hassin, director of product management, Protecode. "The Linux Foundation's Open Compliance Program provides a critical and collaborative resource to address the maturing software development environment. We're looking forward to being a part of this effort." Timesys: Leader in embedded Linux to help advance development efforts. "The Linux Foundation is playing a key role in helping the embedded Linux market segment successfully reach maturity, and we want to signal our ongoing commitment to helping advance that agenda while contributing to important initiatives that make embedded Linux development easy," said Atul Bansal, CEO, Timesys Corporation. ==> Individual Membership Drive Winners Announced <== The Linux Foundation in December hosted a promotion where past, present and future Linux Foundation members were invited to enter a drawing to win $50 gift vouchers to the Linux.com Store. The Store includes geek merchandise that includes original T-shirts, hats, mugs and other items. Revenue from the Store goes to important Linux Foundation programs. We received hundreds of entries and conducted a random drawing on December 21. To see who won, visit Jennifer Cloer's blog: http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/185-jennifer-clo... ==> Linux Powering Your Cell Phone Network: A Case Study <== Amanda McPherson shares a great story this month in her blog about putting Linux to use for cell phone networks: "We've talked a lot about the rise of Linux in embedded devices lately: from our embedded Linux training classes to the Yocto and Meego projects, to a new Linux Foundation fellow. But what about the end users, the people who are deploying Linux in their products? We just published a Linux training case study on Optelian, a company who designs and manufacturers optical transport systems that send data across optical fiber. That means if you connect your Android phone (or iPhone or IPad or Blackberry) to a telecom carrier in North America (and if you don't, why do own one of those devices?), you're likely making use of Optelian's handywork. It's yet another example of 'Linux is everywhere.'" Read the rest of this story here: http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/167-amanda-mcphe... ==> The Linux Foundation in the News <== Broadcom Joins Growing Roster at The Linux Foundation PC World http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/215919/broa... Linux Foundation: Events for 2011 Include New LinuxCon Europe The H http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linux-Foundation-E... A Walled Wide Web for Nervous Autocrats The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870441510457... Intel Demonstrates First Open Source MeeGo Tablet at CES NetworkWorld http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/intel-demonstr... Stories That Are Reshaping Embedded in 2011 Embedded Computing Design http://embedded-computing.com/l2mod-stories-that-are-resh... ==> Featured Training Opportunities from The Linux Foundation <== LF211: Introduction to Linux for Developers February 21-22, 2011 http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=92... LF262: Developing with GIT February 24-25, 2011 http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=92... LF411: Linux Embedded Development March 14-18, 2011 http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=92... 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