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MontaVista shows one-second Linux boot
News MontaVista Software has demonstrated its embedded Linux distribution booting in one second, which the company says is a first for embedded Linux. At the Virtual Freescale Technology Forum on Tuesday, MontaVista demonstrated an application running...
[July 15, 2009, 16:58]
MontaVista wants to put Linux on your TV
News MontaVista Software will release on Thursday a version of Linux for consumer-electronics devices, as the company seeks to have its software used in everything from karaoke machines to high-end television sets.
[January 8, 2003, 9:02]
MontaVista reaches hard real-time goal
News MontaVista Software, a company that sells Linux for embedded computing devices such as telecommunications gear, plans to announce Tuesday that it's hit a speed goal earlier than expected. MontaVista's work, which also includes outside Linux...
[August 2, 2005, 9:30]
Yamaha, NEC back Linux start-up
News MontaVista Software, a company specialising in use of Linux in embedded computing devices, has won an investment from Yahama and sold its software for use in a new video-recording computer. NEC has picked MontaVista's Linux Professional Edition...
[November 22, 2002, 9:53]
Embedded Linux developer buys UK companies
News Embedded Linux developer MontaVista Software has absorbed two UK affiliates, which it claims will help meet rising demand for commercial open-source products in Europe. MontaVista Limited, previously a joint venture between MontaVista Software and...
[April 25, 2007, 13:05]
Embedded Linux firm reshuffles executives
News Jim Ready, the founder of embedded Linux specialist MontaVista, will step down as chief executive to become the company's top technologist. Ready made the move for personal reasons, Peder Ulander, vice-president of marketing for MontaVista, said...
[January 10, 2006, 16:55]
Linux powers Panasonic broadband TV set-top box
News Panasonic has selected MontaVista Software to provide the operating system for its new Broadnow Internet-enabled television set-top box. MontaVista -- a Sunnyvale, California-based start-up that sells Linux and programming tools for consumer...
[April 16, 2003, 8:05]
PalmSource acts on Linux ambitions
News The company behind the Palm operating system, PalmSource, has just signed a technology partnership agreement with Montavista Software. Montavista, which specialises in GNU/Linux systems for wireless devices, is best known for its Mobilinux products...
[August 10, 2005, 16:00]
Embedded Linux firms spar over tools
News The rivalry between Wind River Systems and MontaVista Software warmed up this week in the market for Linux in embedded-computing devices such as mobile phones and network equipment. At Wind River's user conference on Monday, the company announced...
[May 25, 2005, 9:10]
NTT invests $3m in Linux company
News Japanese mobile provider NTT DoCoMo has invested a $3m equity stake in Linux developer MontaVista Software. NTT DoCoMo has already introduced 3G products equipped with MontaVista Linux: earlier this year DoCoMo chose MontaVista's Linux operating...
[December 23, 2004, 13:05]
Real-time responses for Linux possible, but unwanted
News MontaVista Software has begun work to endow Linux with a feature currently possessed only by proprietary rivals: a guaranteed fast response time useful in everything from automotive control computers to video players.
[October 12, 2004, 9:35]
Linux heads for TVs and videos
News TimeSys, a seller of Linux designed to be embedded into various computing devices, has joined the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum, and its competitor, MontaVista Software, plans to announce a similar move next week.
[August 11, 2003, 9:15]
Linux rivals settle lawsuit
News MontaVista Software accused its competitor Lineo in April 2002 of selling software that originally came from MontaVista and had its copyright notices removed, said Jason Wachal, MontaVista's lead lawyer.
[October 14, 2003, 9:30]
IBM deals focus on servers, services
News Big Blue said it is investing in MontaVista Software, maker of a Linux operating system for PowerPC processors, and has signed a deal with MatrixOne, which sells software that helps companies design and manage the life cycle of new products.
[January 23, 2002, 15:50]
Embedded Linux alive and kicking
News MontaVista cut expenses last year with a 20 percent layoff. MontaVista Software has raised $28m (£19.6m) from earlier investors and from new partners including IBM Microelectronics and Sony, said Jim Ready, founder and chief executive.
[January 24, 2002, 8:52]
Motorola announces mid-range Linux phones
News The E895 is a clamshell design that uses a version of Linux from MontaVista Software, said Cheryln Chin, vice-president for Motorola mobile phone marketing. In addition, Motorola's Linux relationship with MontaVista isn't exclusive, Chin said.
[July 4, 2005, 9:35]
Linux paves way for cheaper smartphones
News The prototype uses a Linux kernel from MontaVista Software, a company that creates embedded versions of the open source software. The software platform consists of Infineon's UMTS/EDGE dual mode protocol stack, Samsung's optimised Linux kernel and...
[February 15, 2005, 16:30]
Linux heads for mobile phones
News Also, two phone manufacturers will ship Linux phones that work on the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) standard sometime this year, according to Scott Hedrick, a marketing manager at MontaVista Software, which makes the Linux chips destined for...
[January 13, 2003, 8:55]
Consumer electronics giants opt for Linux
News Panasonic, which is owned by Matsushita, earlier this year invested in MontaVista Software. MontaVista creates Linux for electronics devices such as ATMs and network routers. Sony also uses MontaVista's software in some products.
[December 18, 2002, 9:32]
Sun loses software head to Adobe
News At the same time, though, the boomerang effect is still in force at Sun: Peder Ulander, who left Sun in 2004 for embedded Linux specialist MontaVista, will return on Monday as vice-president of software marketing.
[March 17, 2006, 8:15]
