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Embedded Linux at COMDEX
discovercomics sent us a nifty report from MSNBC telling the tale of the Embedded Linux Devices that were present at COMDEX. They talk about the IPAQ, The Yopy, the Axis 2100 network camera (which is cool, but expensive), and more.
They didn't mention the iRobot. This thing was shown at Comdex. Its robot that is controlled via a web browser. The robot runs on linux, uses a wireless connection.. there are a bunch of specs at the site.
CNN has some coverage of the irobot here.
-gerbik
A small correction but perhaps notable:
Last year the Linux Business Expo was not in the main hall as the author suggests (that would include both the north hall and south hall of the Las Vegas convention center) but in the Hilton Hotel next door. This year, we were in the more distant Sands hotel. This positioning sucked - at least from my standpoint in the LinuxFund.org booth in the ".org" area sponsored by LinuxMall - but I don't think it was meant to in anyway marginalize the Linux Co's.
I think Linux received far more floor space at the Sands than it did last year in the Hilton. Perhaps with more companies looking to be a part of LBE and more of them buying the large "pavillion" type floor space areas complete with seats for presentations and even a boxing ring, - the Hilton didn't have the floor space the LBE wanted so it was moved.
The end result, we got about half the traffic we did last year. Others I spoke to agreed. Last year many Comdex attendees did not realize that there was a deidcated Linux Expo just next door, and were excited to check it out when they learned that "Linux" (some new fangled thing the market was excited about)was there for their exploration. We were not able to draw that crowd in this year when we were a shuttle bus ride away.
Here's the upside for the LBE: - We grew while the rest of Comdex shrunk. Maybe this will allow us to command some floor space actually within the Las Vegas Convention center next year.
--Aaron Greenberg