Red Hat has partnered with Wind River Systems to produce
Red Hat Embedded Linux.
While Red Hat is one of the largest distributors of Linux in the
world, Wind River already has a strong position in the embedded
software market with its VxWorks system and has promised to support
both its proprietary platform and Linux, according to industry
analysts.
Red Hat Embedded Linux will be based on Red Hat's Enterprise
Linux (RHEL). It will be available through Wind River at the
beginning of 2005 and sold on a subscription basis similar to RHEL,
said Red Hat spokesperson Leigh Day.
The operating system will be developed by a joint set of
engineers from both companies.
The initial target market will be the commercial off-the-shelf
(COTS) portion of the device software market for carrier-grade
network equipment such as routers and switches.
Rebecca Reid writes for ITWorldCanada.com