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[News] Wall Street Gives a Thumbs-up to Embedded Linux

  • Subject: [News] Wall Street Gives a Thumbs-up to Embedded Linux
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:41:56 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Wind River shares up after initiation

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| Improved sales and margins should help Wind River Systems Inc.'s stock rise 
| in coming periods, a JPMorgan analyst said Thursday after initiating coverage 
| with an "Outperform" rating.  
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http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8TLGQJ00.htm

With devices, Windows remains a poor man's choice. Microsoft is trying very
hard to change this at the moment, using....... advertisements. They also
funded FUD 'studies' against embedded Linux.


Recent:

Linux distributor wins automotive award

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| Wind River has been named the Frost & Sullivan 2007 European Automotive 
| Software Company of the Year. The award is based on criteria including 
| business development, competitive strategy, and leadership in automotive 
| telematics.   
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9605091625.html


Linux phone heavyweights select common dev tools

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| LiMO will reportedly use Wind River's build and configuration system, 
| mobile-optimized kernel distribution, and tool chain. The standardization 
| will help LiMO achieve its "goal of reducing fragmentation," Wind River said.   
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5978114631.html


Related:

Linux to grow 278% in embedded/mobile/real-time apps

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| Linux use in "next" embedded, mobile, and real-time projects will grow 278 
| percent over that in "previous" projects, suggests a recent survey by Venture 
| Development Corp. (VDC).   
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7115758310.html


Wind River scores key role in LiMo's Linux smartphone platform

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15785/127/


Linux-based consumer products drive Wind River earnings

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| Wind River yesterday announced solid 3Q earnings, touting wins in embedded 
| Linux consumer electronics. In its earnings call yesterday, the Alameda, 
| Calif.-based embedded Linux OS and tools vendor pointed to the growth in 
| Linux-based mobile handsets and telematics as key drivers of the company's 
| growth.    
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3854518563.html


Wind River Joins LiMo Foundation, Reinforces Commitment to Reduce Complexity of
Linux for Mobile Handsets

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| Wind River becomes the first commercial Linux provider to join the open 
| source mobile platform consortium.
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http://www.openpr.com/news/27920/Wind-River-Joins-LiMo-Foundation-Reinforces-Commitment-to-Reduce-Complexity-of-Linux-for-Mobile-Handsets.html


Wind River is on the block: IBM is lead buyer

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| Wind River, a leader in real-time and embedded Linux is up for sale. Sources 
| close to the deal say IBM is the buyer. 
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http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2007/08/wind_river_is_o.php


Wind River Unveils New Commercial Grade Linux Platforms

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| This release of Wind River Linux will be based on the 2.6.21 Linux kernel. In 
| addition to the advancements made in the 2.6.21 kernel, Wind River will 
| provide users with 64-bit application support, including tools for both 
| kernel and user space debugging across all supported architectures.   
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/embedded/12114/wind-river-unveils-new-commercial-grade-linux-platforms
http://tinyurl.com/2qks99


Wind River Enhances Lab Diagnostics 2.1 And Delivers Innovative Automated Test
Capability

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| Building embedded devices with Linux often means working with a vast code 
| base, which can introduce a level of uncertainty into the development 
| process. With the updated version of Lab Diagnostics, Linux developers will 
| be able to resolve some of the risk and uncertainty.   
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http://www.laboratorynetwork.com/content/news/article.asp?docid=%7B500E49D6-96DD-482A-9232-CFE5187CF532%7D&VNETCOOKIE=NO


Wind River acquires patented real-time Linux technology

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| Wind River, one of the world's top embedded software providers, has
| acquired a real-time Linux distribution and patented hard-real-time
| technology from FSMLabs Inc.
| 
| [...]
| 
| In response to the growing popularity of embedded Linux, the company
| several years ago began transitioning to Linux as its second major
| embedded OS platform, alongside VxWorks, but positioned it as a
| solution for non-, or at most "soft-real-time," timing constraints,
| with VxWorks recommended for customers requiring hard-real-time. 
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2333482316.html


Sun's Niagara chip breaks like the Wind River

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| Wind River this week lent a helping hand to one of Sun Microsystems'
| more interesting processor efforts. The software maker announced that
| its telco hardened version of Linux will be tuned for Sun's UltraSPARC
| T1 processor.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/sun_windriver/

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