>> Hmmm, I would strongly urge to you consider MontaVista
>> (www.montavista.com) instead. MontaVista is a true embedded linux
>> company with the technical resources to actually help you. I've spoken
>> to a few people there and was impressed with them and with the entire
>> company in general.
>Now for my disclaimer. I'm not currently speaking for MontaVista Software,
>Inc.
>MontaVista (http://www.mvista.com) has its Hard Hat Linux product offering
>for Intel and PowerPC today. StrongARM and MIPS ports are in the works
>for customers. Montavista sells developer seat support subscriptions
>and provides professional services to ensure that Linux is ported to
>your embedded platform and that the customer is getting the expected
>performance out of the application. There is a cross development toolkit
>available today for x86->PowerPC with other host/target platforms planned.
>This is backed up by a 100% Open Source company which requires 0 royalties
>for products shipping with Hard Hat Linux. All of MontaVista staff comes
>from embedded software of operating systems background and a lot of them
>are long-time contributors and members of the Linux community. The
>Hard Hat Net (PCI network backplane drivers) and realtime performance
>measurement software has all been released under the GPL.
>My advice to anybody is to speak to all the players in embedded Linux
>and judge for yourself.
I couldn't agree more. While others are trying to figure out how to
capitalize on the "Linux hype", MontaVista is a 100% embedded linux,
open source, company. This is their only business -- porting linux to
different platforms and providing support. They are not just trying to
use linux in order to eventually hook you with their proprietary OS. The
PowerPC CDK is currently available on their ftp site, and more targets
are in the pipeline.
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