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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. Re:Formerly with FreeBSD Wind river? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is an actual question, wasn't Wind River one of the major contributors to the fantastic development work done on FreeBSD?

    Short version, no.

    Longer version: When BSDi fell on hard times around 4/2001, it was sold to Wind River. Many FreeBSD developers made the move. Shortly thereafter many major FreeBSD developers bailed to Apple. The vibe from the higher-ups was that BSD/OS was the "real" product at Wind River.

    Wind River are leeches. Don't expect them to contribute much, if anything.