A number of market forces are limiting the ability of Linux software suppliers to extract revenue growth from the freely available open source software markets.
Recently published research by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) indicates that embedded systems manufacturers and their suppliers are driving the development of open source and industry-specific standards around Linux as a ...
VDC attended last week’s 2008 Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose on April 15 and 16. This bulletin presents a summary of the event.
Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) – San Jose 2008
The 2008 Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose marked the event’s 20th anniversary for the conference! As always, we were interested in show attendance and how exhibitors felt about floor t ...
Natick, Massachusetts – April 21, 2008 – Preliminary results from VDC’s 2008 Embedded Systems Engineering Survey suggest that 23% of embedded systems engineering teams are using an open source operating system on their current development project. A growing portion of embedded engineers also expect to use an open source operating system going forward.
On April 3, Anders Lidbeck, President and CEO of Telelogic AB, announced that he will resign from his position as soon as Telelogic’s Board of Directors finds a replacement. Going forward, Mr. Lidbeck will continue to collaborate with IBM as it works to integrate Telelogic into IBM’s Rational Software group.
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