Open Source Engineering

Recently, during many customer engagements, a common question has started to emerge, "What additional plug-ins are there for Workbench (Eclipse) for version control, i.e. Subversion"? Five years ago, on February 2nd, 2004 the Eclipse Board of Stewards announced Eclipse's reorganization into a not-for-profit corporation.

Something I am often asked is why can’t Linux platforms be built on a Windows host? This usually comes from engineers who, despite having to develop for Linux, are locked in to a Windows desktop at the office. Well, in theory it is possible, but there are quite a few hurdles that make it less than ideal.

As I mentioned in my first post, more people than ever are getting PCs and Netbooks with Linux pre-installed on them. This is great, but for those who are really lost there is a lot of help out there — if you know where to look…

When everything is connected, security matters.

A new year is upon us and it looks like a year of change. For me the first change is this, a blog. Having not done this before I hope you will bear with me as I learn some new things. This blog will be about Linux, mostly embedded but not exclusively. With the current financial situation as it is ...

The business climate is likely to increase the challenge for telecom companies to reduce cost and some of them may merge with former competitors or will go out of service. What’s the last option for a business it’s not an option for a network device.

Welcome, indeed, to Electronics Weekly’s Open Source Engineering blog, featuring the use of Linux and GNU software in industrial, embedded and mobile applications. We hope it provides useful, informative and entertaining content. Please feel free to contribute with comments on the posts. We’re delighted to have as bloggers three Linux experts from Wind River: Richard Danter, Mark Day and Hans ...