[Fwd: InformationWeek Daily 1/31/00]

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

- Red Hat To Debut Toolset For Embedded Devices

Linux distributor Red Hat Inc. this week will take the wraps 
off a developer toolset for embedded devices, the first product 
resulting from last year's buyout of Cygnus Software.

Red Hat Tools for Embedded Developers, scheduled for a March 1 
release, extends Cygnus' Code Fusion environment, letting Linux 
developers write code for server, desktop, and embedded-system 
applications with a common toolset, says Red Hat chief technology 
officer and Cygnus co-founder Michael Tiemann. Companies can develop 
applications on major commercial distributions of Linux, then 
compile and debug them for embedded devices within an integrated 
environment. The toolset will carry a list price of $599.

Demand for embedded application developer tools is increasing, 
according to Electronic Market Forecasters, a CMP Media research 
group. Electronic Market Forecasters estimates 26% of embedded 
application developers plan to use Linux as their host platform 
in 2000, up from 10% last year.  - Aaron Ricadela