Embedded Linux Newsletter for June 27, 2002

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                           June 27, 2002
      by Rick Lehrbaum -- Executive Editor, LinuxDevices.com
  
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    http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/newsbriefs/jun27-02.html


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WHAT'S UP WITH RED HAT'S EMBEDDED STRATEGY?
Last week, we brought you news that Red Hat has discontinued
development of its eCos open source embedded operating system,
laying off seven of its nine-member U.K.-based eCos development
team.   "That area is something we have moved on from," said Red
Hat chief operating officer Tim Buckley in a June 18 interview with
CNET's Stephen Shankland.  Just what "area" is it that Red Hat has
"moved on from", and where have they "moved on" to?  To gain
further insight into Red Hat's current embedded market strategy,
LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum caught up with Red Hat's
Chief Technology officer, Michael Tiemann.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2775202883.html

SHARP INTRODUCES NEW VERSION OF LINUX-BASED ZAURUS PDA IN JAPAN
Sharp announced a new Linux-based handheld for the Japanese market.
 The company introduced the device at a press conference in Tokyo
on Monday. The Zaurus SL-A300 uses Intel's 200MHz XScale PXA210
processor equipped with 64MB of memory, has a 320 x 240 pixels TFT
LCD display, and like its predecessor it provides both SD Card and
CompactFlash expansion.  This news item includes more details, a
photo, and a link to specifications (in Japanese) on Sharp's
website.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8543446793.html


KORGANIZER/EMBEDDED 1.0 RELEASED
The first stable release of the embedded version of KDE's famous
calendar and scheduling tool, KOrganizer/Embedded is available. 
KOrganizer/Embedded is the PDA version of KOrganizer for the Qtopia
desktop. It has been developed for and tested on a Sharp Zaurus,
but it should also work on other PDAs able to run Qt/Embedded. 
KOrganizer/Embedded uses a small KDE compatibility library,
microkde, which provides the KDE features required to run
KOrganizer/Embedded. 
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7337051657.html


GNU BAYONNE 1.0 PRELIMINARY RELEASE AND CALL FOR HELP
After two years of development, a 1.0 preliminary release candidate
for GNU Bayonne has now emerged. GNU Bayonne is a freely licensed
telephony server which may be used to create, deploy, and manage
embedded, standalone, and web-integrated telephony voice response
solutions.   The preliminary 1.0 release supports a new driver that
allows anyone with a sound card to test or debug a GNU Bayonne
server, simulate call flow, and create or debug GNU Bayonne
telephony applications -- and the project is asking for volunteers
to help in various areas.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5614472459.html


REAL-TIME LINUX WORKSHOP 2002 BOSTON ISSUES CALL FOR PAPERS
The Real-Time Linux Workshop 2002 will be held in December at the
Computer Science Department at Boston University. Those wishing to
participate in the workshop as a speaker are invited to submit an
abstract on topics such as real-time Linux modifications/variants,
tools for embedding real-time Linux, application examples, and
works in progress. 
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7694497173.html


MEET 'MIRA', A .NET-BASED SMART DISPLAY DEVICE TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft's Bill Gates announced 'Mira' in his keynote address at
the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas earlier this year.
 According to Microsoft, Mira is the codename for a set of Windows
technologies that will "extend the Windows PC experience throughout
the home by powering the next generation of smart display devices."
 Microsoft expects these smart display devices "to range, over
time, from easily detachable flat-panel PC monitors to television
sets."
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8263785937.html


_______ * * * OTHER NOTEWORTHY NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS * * * ________

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

*  RTLinux training comes to Orlando, FL
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6142883953.html

*  SnapGear releases uClinux update, adds Mot MCF5249 support
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3932538197.html

*  uClibc 0.9.12 released
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7754672404.html

*  TimeSys and SBE team up on Linux-based telecom platform
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5722800404.html

*  Applied Microsystems announces Embedded Linux tools
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8801773728.html

*  MontaVista Linux wins Euro electronic magazine's award
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4884998120.html

*  NEC network processors gain Embedded Linux support
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6146886132.html

*  MontaVista joins 'Ready for IBM Technology' program
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8050637620.html

*  GNOME 2.0 desktop and developer platform released
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5528103468.html

*  August  2002 developerWorks Journal focuses on Linux
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8488054489.html

*  Peeking Under the Lid of OSS .NET CLI implementations
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7511676889.html

*  RunTime:  Scheduling Threads [developerWorks]
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8362830663.html

*  Rotor for Linux [O'Reilly]
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6273782350.html

*  Liberate, Samsung do video over DSL (with Embedded Linux)
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2405425982.html


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