LinuxDevices: CEO Interview: Jim Ready of MontaVista

“Q1: How do you feel about having the combo of Wind
River plus Red Hat as a competitor?

“A1: Wind’s capitulation–to the extent to
which it has happened–I’ll take. But, it’s a distraction,
independent of how successful you think Wind will be. You have to
be prepared. They’re not stupid folks, and you have to prepare for
the consequences.

“But we don’t think they’ll be that successful. It’s simple to
pick it apart. Which would you rather do? Everything twice, or
everything once? As a pure [Linux] play, we get to do everything
once. Wind has to do it twice. That’s just a weaker
position…”

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