Embedded Linux Newsletter for May 23, 2002 (Linux Devices) [LWN.net]

From:	 LinuxDevices.com <newsletter@linuxdevices.com>
To:	 lwn@lwn.net
Subject: Embedded Linux Newsletter for May 23, 2002
Date:	 Wed, 22 May 2002 17:23:24 -0700

      WELCOME TO THE LINUXDEVICES.COM EMBEDDED LINUX NEWSLETTER 
                             May 23, 2002
       by Rick Lehrbaum -- Executive Editor, LinuxDevices.com
  
                        (online html version)
     http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/newsbriefs/may23-02.html


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_____________________ * * * TOP STORIES * * * ____________________


GUEST EDITORIAL:  HOW LINUX WILL REVOLUTIONIZE THE EMBEDDED MARKET
For several years, Red Hat CTO Michael Tiemann has described Linux
and open source software as "disruptive technologies" that were
destined to "revolutionize the embedded software market, destroying
the old status quo and replacing it with a newer, better status
quo". But what wasn't clear, was what form the "revolution" would
take.  Now, Tiemann believes he has figured out just what is going
to happen -- and "it's not pretty," says Tiemann. "The embedded
systems market needs to adapt to those terms, not the other way
around. I believe that the companies that can adapt in time will not
only be spared the ravages of the revolution, but will emerge as the
new leaders . . ."
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7248149889.html


INTERVIEW WITH THE CHAIR OF THE ELC'S CORE PLATFORM WORKING GROUP
In March 2002 at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco,
the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) rolled out the requisite
organizational infrastructure to allow it to begin developing
embedded Linux standards. The ELC's primary effort will be to create
what is being called the "ELC Platform Specification", which will
formally define a standardized core embedded Linux platform.
Additional efforts are expected to focus on specific areas of system
functionality, such as graphical interface, real-time functions,
system boot processes, etc. In this interview, Mark Brown, Chair of
the ELC's Core Platform Working Group, answers questions posed by
LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum about the ELC's
standardization process, and comments on the significance of the
ELC's Core Platform spec.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2119206788.html


EMBEDDED LINUX JOURNAL CEASES PUBLICATION
SSC Publications (the publisher of Linux Journal) announced that the
May/June 2002 issue will be the final stand-alone print edition of
Embedded Linux Journal (ELJ). ELJ's content will now truly be
"embedded" -- embedded directly into Linux Journal, as a monthly
feature section.  The magazine's website, ELJonline (produced and
hosted by LinuxDevices.com), will continue to regularly feature new
Embedded Linux articles, reviews, news, and contests from Linux
Journal.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3424800789.html


VDC STUDY FINDS RED HAT TO BE #1 EMBEDDED LINUX PROVIDER
In a recently completed report entitled Linux's Future in the
Embedded Systems Market, Venture Development Corp. (VDC) studied the
size and future growth trends of the worldwide market for Embedded
Linux software solutions.  In the vendor rankings that resulted from
responses to VDC's questions about which Linux distributions are
being used in current embedded projects, and which are being
evaluated for future use, Red Hat received the top score on both
counts.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9562616401.html


EMBEDDED LINUX CRYING OUT FOR STANDARDS
ZDNet editor Matthew Broersma interviews Dr. Inder Singh, chairman
of the Embedded Linux Consortium (and CEO of LynuxWorks) on the need
for standards in the Embedded Linux market.  Broersma concludes that
"Linux is set to reign in the embedded operating system market, but
rigid standards are needed if developers are not to be driven to
Windows CE."
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9671493691.html


SHIFTING OPINION SHAKES FOOTING OF EMBEDDED LINUX
EE Times editor Charles J. Murray discusses mixed analyst opinions
about the future of embedded Linux.  Murray observes that critics
cite the financial instability of some Embedded Linux vendors as
evidence that Linux is not viable in the embedded market, while
industry watchers such as Venture Development Corp. (VDC) see a
'groundswell movement' toward embedded and real-time Linux.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3866826064.html


A TIMESYS RESPONSE ON REAL-TIME LINUX
In the latest installment of the continuing real-time Linux debate,
Doug Locke, TimeSys VP of Technology, contrasts his company's
preemptible Linux implementation with that of MontaVista, and
comments on several aspects of the preceding debate.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5625209055.html


UPDATE ON LINUX COMPATIBLE SINGLE-BOARD COMPUTERS
Choices in the Linux-friendly Single-Board Computer (SBC) market
aren't just growing -- they're exploding, as boards add features and
power.  Rick Lehrbaum, founder of LinuxDevices.com (and cofounder
and former CTO of Ampro Computers Inc.), lays out your options in
this article at Embedded Linux Journal Online (ELJonline).  Lehrbaum
reviews the factors driving fragmentation in the SBC market, takes a
look at the shootout brewing in the between-PC/104-and-EBX size
domain, and provides a brief "Survey of Itsy Bitsy Embeddable SBCs
that Run Linux".
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3139620188.html


____________ * * * OTHER NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS * * * ____________

Here are some additional news items and announcements of interest
from the past week . . .

*  Ericsson joins Open Source Development Lab
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7616019228.html

*  PC/104 CPU supplier adds Linux development kit
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5341470821.html

*  TimeSys Embedded Linux adds NEC VR5432/5500 uP support
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2606276057.html

*  Hancom Mobile Office Suite, German version, for Zaurus
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3028540838.html

*  Linux-based handheld is halfway there
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6952825580.html

*  Red Hat announces three free webcasts in May and June
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8676982644.html

*  FSMlabs announces embedded RTLinux training
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7770576786.html

*  GNU GCC project releases GCC version 3.1
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4962004862.html

*  Linux makes kit for European PS2
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9486825335.html

*  TI's OMAP adds security to wireless apps 
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8731112441.html

*  Embedded Linux gets 'pliable' with new SDK
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8158327263.html

*  Snapgear and Hitachi collaborate on next-gen gateways
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7581532576.html

*  Flustered by clusters?  Check out this tutorial
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8250585374.html

*  Whitepaper:  Override the GNU C library -- painlessly
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3669330278.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


____________________* * * BACK ISSUES * * * ____________________

Missed a previous LinuxDevices.com Embedded Linux Newsletter?
No problem!  Here are back issues for the past month . . . 

  http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/newsbriefs/may16-02.html
  http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/newsbriefs/may09-02.html
  http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/newsbriefs/may02-02.html
  http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/newsbriefs/apr25-02.html


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-- "the Embedded Linux Portal" -- for the latest news, articles,
forums, companies, products, jobs, and buzz in the fast-moving 
"post-PC" world of Linux-based intelligent devices, Internet 
appliances, and embedded systems.


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