One area of open source that I struggle with is that of mobile Linux: there are so many competing and intersecting initiatives that it is hard to tell who is doing what – and who is winning. Here are some fascinating thoughts from someone deep within that world, Jason Whitmire. He's General Manager of Mobile Solutions at Wind River – once one of embedded Linux's fiercest foes, and now one of fondest fans:
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Oh, to be a fly on the wall...
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What is the most frustrating part of being the most powerful corporation in America? Finding another corporation that you cannot control or influence.
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Wait Just a Minute -- Intel Isn't the Bad Guy Here
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Opportunism and a disregard for the facts are both on display in Walter Bender's letter about our rift with his One Laptop Per Child Association ("Intel Is on the Outside of One Laptop Project," Letters, Jan. 11).
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An Industry and Technology Revolution is on the Horizon
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Limo, and in a slightly different way Android, have killed the standards-based approach to open source development in mobile. In the Linux world, creating an esoteric, theoretical application standard not based on market-driven code requires too much speculative investment without any clear mitigation of ROI risk for anyone to take up anymore.
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College students design Linux-based stethoscope
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A team of engineering students at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. is designing a digital stethoscope based on uClinux. The team, called "Rhythm Reloaded," released a project proposal on the open source device, which runs Freescale's Coldfire MCF5275 CPU.
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Open source on the big screen: Matt Ebb tells tales of Elephants Dream
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Lead artist from Elephants Dream speaks about what it is like to make your own open movie using open source tools and the power of the community.
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Car PC supports dual displays under Linux
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Mini-PC manufacturer SD-Omega has announced a Linux-compatible mini-PC that can run two displays simultaneously. The SD631T Dual Display is primarily intended as a car PC that can drive both a GPS display for the driver and an entertainment and Net-surfing display for passengers.
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Hey Dell…Wanna sell some Classmates?
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Now that OLPC plans to distribute OLPC XOs in the States through OLPC America, I sent Agnes Kwan, Intel spokeswoman, an email asking if Intel planned to compete in this market with their Classmate PC.
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SplashTop Running On Prototype ASUS Notebook
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DeviceVM's SplashTop, a product we had named as one of the greatest Linux innovations in 2007, is sharing a booth this week at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) with ASUS. At their booth we were allowed to check out a SplashTop demo running on an ASUS notebook!
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What Led to the OLPC-Intel Split?
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The project repeatedly hit snags. Unforeseen production costs nearly doubled the projected price of $100 per machine, hindering poor nations from purchasing it. A Nigerian-owned, Massachusetts-based firm, Lagos Analysis, is suing the foundation for copyright infringement of its laptop keyboard design.
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Today's Lesson: Do Not F**k with the Negroponte Brothers
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In light of the bush-league behavior of Intel in undercutting OLPC's education project with the meritless "Classmate PC", I read this morning with schadenfreude that the New York State attorney general is going after Intel ...
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Open Source Journalism: Crowdsourcing the Media
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Technology has been a big driver of the adoption of citizen journalism, equipping it well for speed, collaboration and delivery. Without needing to invest in expensive GPS phones or briefcase satellites, Citjos are filing stories via text messages, grainy pictures on camera phones, cyber cafes and, when necessary, proxy servers to cover their tracks.
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The paradox of choice
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People were already making a fuss about Nicholas’ claim that we’re working with Microsoft on supporting dual-boot with Windows XP, and now Bruce Perens writes a lachrymal — if entirely misinformed — missive about OLPC selling out to Microsoft.
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Becta promises to do more to promote open source in UK schools
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Becta, the UK government agency responsible for technology in the education sector has promised to do more to promote the use of open source software within schools and colleges and has warned educational institutions in the UK against upgrading to Windows Vista and Microsoft Office.
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OLPC America to launch in 2008
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The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) plans to launch OLPC America in 2008 to distribute the low-cost laptop computers originally aimed at developing nations to needy students in the United States.
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