Six Tech Companies Join Up to Boost Linux

[Michael Lauzon]

I don't understand why they wouldn't join one of the other existing
organisations.

"TAIPEI, TAIWAN - June 3 2010 -ARM,  Freescale Semiconductor, IBM,
Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), today
announced the formation of Linaro, a not-for-profit open source
software engineering company dedicated to enhancing open source
innovation for the next wave of always-connected, always-on computing.
Linaro's work will help developers and manufacturers provide consumers
with more choice, more responsive devices and more diverse
applications on Linux-based systems.

"Linaro aligns the expertise of industry-leading electronics companies
to accelerate innovation among Linux developers on the most advanced
semiconductor SoCs (System-on-Chip). The current wave of
"always-connected, always-on" devices requires complex SoCs to achieve
the performance and low power consumers demand. Linaro was formed to
increase investment in open source, address the challenges in
developing products for sophisticated consumer markets and provide the
support of a broad array of semiconductor products from multiple
companies. By providing the common foundations of tools and software
for other distributions and stacks to build upon, Linaro enables
greater operational efficiency for the electronics industry."

http://www.linaro.org/arm-freescale-ibm-samsung-st-ericsson-and-texas-instruments-form-new-company-to-speed-the-rollout-of-linux-based-devices/





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