Linux prepares to play broader role in embedded systems

EE Times: “Making their strongest bid yet for the embedded market, open-source vendors will unveil
a host of software products at this week’s Embedded Systems Conference. Operating systems, development
kits and wireless protocol stacks designed for the embedded arena and aimed squarely at a broad array of
microprocessors commonly used in that market are among the products scheduled to roll out in San
Francisco.

That’s considered a significant step for the open-source community, which until now has focused primarily on
the desktop and on that market’s high-performance microprocessors.”