Red Bend Software opens up to Linux
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| Mobile phones, which are becoming more like mini- computers, have one
| advantage over their bigger, older desktop brethren. Unlike PCs, which are
| generally driven by a Microsoft operating system, with some hardcore Linux
| supporters, cell phones are an open playing field.
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| “We wanted to show the world that this is possible; you can manage all the
| components on a phone over the air,” he said. “Because the whole device is
| based on Linux, that meant we could easily get partners to provide
| applications and it was very easy for us to integrate our solution into the
| handset.”
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http://www.telecommagazine.com/newsglobe/article.asp?HH_ID=AR_3932
Related:
Four billion embedded systems shipped in '06
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3686249103.html
Linux loyalty runs high among embedded software developers, says VDC
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| Looking ahead, 87% percent of Linux users plan to use Linux in their next
| project. In both cases, use of free distributions outnumbered use of paid
| distributions by a sizable margin.
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http://software.tekrati.com/research/9436/
Microsoft cans key conference
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| SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has decided that it does not love its popular Mobile
| and Embedded DevCon any more and has pulled the plug.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/16/microsoft-cans-key-conference
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