MontaVista
Software, a provider of embedded Linux commercialization, announced that it
will support developers running MontaVista Linux for use with the Google
Android platform.
The company
demonstrated the Android mobile platform running on a TI OMAP3 processor, one
of the processors supported by MontaVista Linux, at the recently-held Embedded
Technology 2008 in Yokohama, Japan.
"Over
50 million handsets have been powered by MontaVista Linux, making it the
leading Linux OS in the mobile device market," said Joerg Bertholdt, vice
president of marketing of MontaVista. "We are bringing MontaVista Linux's
advanced features and hardware support, along with our professional Linux
support, to developers of Android devices to help device manufacturers embrace
the Android platform and bring innovative handsets to market quickly.
"MontaVista
Linux is a mature, mobile device platform that is in use today in the majority
of production mobile devices based on Linux. We expect MontaVista Linux,
combined with our world-class support, to become the Linux platform to power
Android devices across a variety of new hardware platforms."
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