“MontaVista, Inc., developer of the Hard HatLinux operating
system for embedded applications and Century Software, Inc., a
leader in UNIX connectivity solutions, today announced the
availability of the first freely-available, open source web browser
targeted specifically at the embedded Linux platform. The
browser, ViewML, accelerates development and deployment of
browser-enabled devices, such as hand-held computers, navigation
systems, smart phones and set-top boxes.”
“The ViewML Project is developed and maintained from
publicly-available source code, with contributions from the
embedded Linux community. The ViewML Browser Project’s first
release implements HTML 3.2 display capabilities, along with a user
interface and a basic JavaScript interpreter, all in about 2 MB of
RAM. ViewML runs on both the standard X Window System as well as
the Microwindows embedded windowing system.”
“MontaVista and Century Software have joined forces to meet the
demands of the rapidly growing Internet Appliance market. ViewML
offers OEMs a high-quality, small footprint web browser with full
source code available for modifications and enhancements,” said Jim
Ready, CEO of MontaVista. “This joint effort, unlike many open
source projects, enjoys technical and financial backing from
multiple sponsors,” added Greg Haerr, CEO of Century Software.
“This kind of support fosters the engineering needed to produce a
superior web browser targeted at embedded Linux systems. Moreover,
while other embedded browsers do exist, ViewML is the only small
footprint browser that is open source and completely royalty
free.”