“Upside… talks to Klaus Schleicher, director of product
management, Lernout & Hauspie.
UpsideToday: First question: Why Linux?
Klaus Schleicher: We went to Linux because all these new
processors for the mobile market, specifically the StrongArm II
processor, are designed for low power consumption. Linux seems to
be the operating system optimally designed for these
processors. Linux also has already been proven to work well
with StrongArm. That was our primary choice for the processor. It’s
new. It gets a lot of processing power. And it consumes less power
than the typical Pentium processors. Linux simply came with it.
Linux is the OS most chosen by handheld devices for the
industry.
UT: Really? I was aware of increasing Linux activity in
the PDA realm but was unaware of any commercial
products.
KS: You’re probably not seeing them yet. The future devices
which are going to come into the market are going to be based on
[Linux].”