LWN: Report on Day Two of Comdex Canada | Linux Today

LWN: Report on Day Two of Comdex Canada

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 17, 1999

“Beyond the normal crowded Linux booths, the biggest Linux event
was probably the keynote speech by Red Hat CEO Bob Young.”

“The cool exhibit… was the uClinux embedded Linux shown by
Rt-Control.
They have this 30-pin SIMM module that has a
Motorola DragonBall processor, 2 megabytes of FLASH memory, 8
megabytes of DRAM, support for 10BASE-T Ethernet … and an
implementation of Linux! The folks there said that clients are
using their SIMM in consumer electronics, robotics, security and a
variety of other applications.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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