EMJ Embedded Systems Introduces White Dwarf Linux.Business Editors GUELPH, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2000 It's a Power-Packed Little Star for Embedded Applications The cost of developing embedded applications just dropped with the release of white dwarf white dwarf, in astronomy, a type of star that is abnormally faint for its white-hot temperature (see mass-luminosity relation). Typically, a white dwarf star has the mass of the sun and the radius of the earth but does not emit enough light or other radiation to be linux (wd linux) 1.0 by EMJ EMJ Emergency Medicine Journal Embedded Systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :EMJ.). This tiny distribution of Linux is ideal for Internet appliances, process control, medical equipment, industrial automation, wireless applications and testing equipment. &uot;Linux is the wave of the future when it comes to embedded applications,&uot; EMJ President, Jim Estill said. &uot;Because wd linux is open source, developers have the ability to modify their applications whenever they want. Gone are the days of paying huge licensing fees for a proprietary operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. .&uot; Version 1.0 contains more than 40 software packages including a web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , an Apache 1.3.11 web server and email capability. &uot;With wd linux, engineers can use the Internet to monitor or trouble shoot embedded controllers in the field or in the factory,&uot; Estill said. wd linux is based on the most recent stable Linux kernel The nucleus of the Linux operating system. The Linux kernel, which was developed by Linus Torvalds, was integrated with software from the GNU Project and other sources to create the actual Linux operating system. See Linux, GNU/Linux and kernel. : 2.2.14. It can be downloaded at (http://www.emjembedded.com/linux> Named for a White Dwarf Star white dwarf star Any of a class of small, faint stars representing the end point of the evolution of stars without enough mass to become neutron stars or black holes. , a small but extremely dense star, white dwarf linux is small enough to load on embedded PCs but dense enough to contain the features embedded applications demand including: 1. A fully graphical package-based installer that allows developers to choose the exact features they need for their applications 2. TCP/ip tools including ftp, telnet, ping, hostname, ftpd, telnetd 3. Mailx to allow sending and receiving of email 4. A full-featured terminal emulation package ABOUT EMJ EMBEDDED SYSTEMS EMJ Embedded Systems, a division of EMJ Data Systems Ltd., distributes embedded hardware including a full line of single board computers, Flash solutions, PC Card disk drives, PC Card readers, PC/104 add-on cards, PC/104 peripherals, alphanumeric displays, software and enclosures. EMJ is a TSE traded company with revenues of $160 million. EMJ Data Systems Ltd., headquartered in Guelph, Ontario, is a Canadian, publicly owned distributor of computer products and peripherals. EMJ specializes in high-performance products for Apple, Digital Audio/Video, Internetworking, Point-of-Sale and Unix. EMJ Data Systems Ltd. has branch offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Markham, Montreal and Halifax, as well as one office in the United States. Interested parties can reach EMJ via website (http://www.emj.ca/>. |
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