“Fears about the fragmentation of Linux may well prove
unfounded, if the goals of the newly formed Embedded Linux
Consortium are realised. The alliance, which includes such big
names as IBM, Motorola and Red Hat, has set its sights on the
rapidly growing market for embedded devices such as Internet
appliances, set top boxes and PDAs. The advantage of Linux — price
— may well prove to be the clinching factor to ensure the success
of the platform.”
“We are already seeing products which are running Linux under
the bonnet (hood, to you transatlantic cousins). In our Linux
technology spotlight we mentioned digital video recorders TiVo,
which are to be licensed by some of the major players in the
satellite TV space. More recently, at CeBit Samsung announced a
Palm-a-like PDA which runs Linux.”
“Gartner group recently announced that Windows CE would
overtake PalmOS as the PDA operating system of choice, by 2002. In
the light of this announcement, they may wish to change their
minds.”