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Red Hat , 3G Lab to Make 'Wireless Linux'

Posted by timothy on from the airtime-will-not-be-free- dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "U.S. software and services company Red Hat and Britain's closely held 3G Lab said on Monday they will develop a 'Linux for the wireless world' as they team up to write an operating system for Web phones." The hypothetical "cell phone running Linux" might not stay hypothetical very long.

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  1. Is this really Linux? by slashkitty · · Score: 4
    When they say "Wireless Linux" do they mean a version of Linux kernel for the wirless, or a Linux /like/ os for wireless? They mention that it would be part of eCos sources. eCos is RedHat's embedded os, which while being open source, is not linux. eCos does support "EL/IX Level I, a Linux compatibility interface", but while it adopt the name Linux ?

    http://www.redhat.com/embedded/technologies/ecos/

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  2. Story Updated... by slashkitty · · Score: 4
    CNet posted an updated story.

    http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20010730/tc/red_ha t_3g_lab_design_wireless_os_1.html

    It no longer suggests that this will be "Wireless Linux" and now calls it just "Wireless OS"

    The companies will jointly develop an open-source operating system, but Linux won't be part of the deal, Red Hat and 3G Lab plan to announce Tuesday. Instead, the companies will use Red Hat's eCos operating system, which is designed to work in smaller devices that don't have the computing horsepower Linux requires.
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  3. Oh goody by SpookComix · · Score: 5
    Now I'll have an even *niftier* excuse for rear-ending the guy in front of me.

    I swear, officer, I'm not drunk! I was just trying to recompile the kernel on my cell phone!

    --SC

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