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Wind River Announces It Likes Linux After All

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the love-isn't-always-on-time dept.

onecrazyfoo writes "Wind River is going to start supporting Linux in the embedded market. Pretty big news from the largest company in the embedded tools market. What makes it even more interesting is the fact that they have been very anti-Linux and outspoken about it in the past. You can read more about their announcement at LinuxDevices.com." I'm guessing this has come about because of recent changes in the company.

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  1. Well well well... by Skyshadow · · Score: 5, Funny
    ....look who came crawling back.

    Somebody direct these guys to the "Supplicants" door. =)

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    1. Re:Well well well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Only because *BSD is dying. ;)

    2. Re:Well well well... by Skyshadow · · Score: 4, Funny
      It's still surprising that it's Wind River -- these guys were *hardcore* anti-Linux anti-GPL folk not two years ago.

      I had a phone interview with them Back In The Day (2000 or 2001) for a release manager position, and we got to talking about how I'd be a sysadmin and specialized in the area. They asked me what platform I was most comfortable with, and when I mentioned Linux I got a rather haughty answer (along the lines of "Well, what *real* platforms?").

      Anyhow, you're right. And that's the beauty of the GPL -- it lets people change their minds when it becomes clear they can't fight the future. Still, you gotta admit, it'd be satisfying to make these folks grovel a little bit...

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  2. Wow by Cat_Byte · · Score: 4, Funny

    Doing a 180 degree turn that fast has to be hard on the body. It's hard on the hairline when under the sheets too.

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  3. No wonder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Linux is stable even when a telnet to root is posted on slashdot as the 2nd post two stories in a row...

    Click here to get Instant Root

    1. Re:No wonder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      only 1 pic in the /porn directory, this has to be fake

    2. Re:No wonder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      sh-2.05b# kill -9 -1Connection closed by foreign host.

  4. toaster by potpie · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ah ha!!! Finally, the belief that Linux can run on anything more powerful than a toaster will be proven wrong... when they make toasters with Linux embedded!!!! I can't wait for the "cat ./toast1 ./toast2 > waffle" feature!

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    1. Re:toaster by ePhil_One · · Score: 2, Funny
      Ah ha!!! Finally, the belief that Linux can run on anything more powerful than a toaster will be proven wrong... when they make toasters with Linux embedded!!!!

      Do you need to run an SMP kernel on the 4 slot toaster?

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    2. Re:toaster by Cat_Byte · · Score: 2, Funny

      No it's been proven that tweaking the kernel can finally handle 4 slots with a 120 second process. I would recommend disabling sound and SCSI in the kernel.

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    3. Re:toaster by jester · · Score: 2, Funny

      Warning : toaster1 is on fire

    4. Re:toaster by sheimers · · Score: 2, Funny


      stefan@creator:~$ eject /dev/toast1
      eject: unable to eject, last error: bread failed
      stefan@creator:~$

  5. another nail in *BSD's coffin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Well, it was nice while it lasted, *BSD, but with Windows 2K/XP, MacOS X, and GNU/Linux, we don't need you anymore.

    Will the last BSD accolite please patch the OpenSSH buffer overflow?

  6. Woo Hoo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fuckin' A, Linux rocks -- Wasup Wind River! That's right. Bitch, make me a sammich.

  7. FreeBSD by holzp · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Fine, leave me for that flavor of the month! But dont come crawling back with your uptime goes down!" - FreeBSD