“Breaking new ground, Linuxcare, a Linux support
organization, has signed a contract with Motorola Computer Group, a
unit of Motorola, to provide support for embedded systems using
Linux.“
“The contract is another sign of embedded systems vendors’
interest in Linux for communications, Internet appliances, imaging
and industrial automation applications. “We have demonstrated
355-kilobyte Linux” as an embedded system, said Michael Tiemann,
chief technology officer at Cygnus Solutions, now a unit of Red
Hat, a major Linux distributor. With its configurable kernel and
system services that can be added or subtracted at will, Linux will
find its way into embedded systems in manufacturing and many
Internet appliances, he said.”