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First Multivendor Embedded Linux Standard Nears

Posted by timothy on from the committee-meeting-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Embedded Linux Consortium's board of directors has started the clock on final review of version 1.0 of the ELC Platform Specification, according to an announcement sent to the ELC's members. The draft spec was completed by the platform spec working group in late October, triggering a 45-day review period that will culminate in a vote cycle authorizing public distribution of the world's first Embedded Linux standard."

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  1. Embedded Linux Consortium? by JessLeah · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Whoa there. Okay, I might be clueless, but-- who are these guys? Are they Blessed by Linus? (Alternatively, are they Blessed by any of the big Linux-friendly firms like Intel, IBM, etc.?)

    I wonder if there is a "short list" somewhere of all the biggest and most important Linux "consortiums" (consortia?), standardization projects, documentation projects, etc.? Ideally, listing which ones are and aren't Linus-Blessed, and which companies back/support each one?

    I really hate to say it, but sometimes the decentralized (yeah, Linus calls the shots in the kernel, but come on, that's not all there is to it) nature of the Linux community can lead to this sort of confusion...

    Anyone got a list?

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    Honey, I shrunk the Cygwin