Palm to use Wind River Linux for Palm Foleo Mobile Companion

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Wind River Linux announced today that Palm has selected Wind River’s consumer devices Linux platform for Palm’s next gen Palm Foleo device. Palm touts that the Foleo should out-ship and out-sell both Treo smartphones and Pilot PDAs.

Wind River Linux also announced that high-end audio/video electronic control systems designer AMX will use Wind River Linux for its Modero Touch Panel “remote controls.” The designer selected Wind River after a ROI analysis concluding in a forecasted $2 million savings over building its own version of Linux.

I don’t know about you, but I think that someone at Wind River deserves a nice raise.

For more information, visit windriver.com.