Intel acquires Openedhand
Shifts focus to Linux on Atom
Monday, 1 September 2008, 09:22
INTEL HAS snapped up a British company that specialises in mobile Linux development and services.
OpenedHand will now shift its focus to creating a Linux stack for Intel's Atom processors utilising Moblin's development kit. The software will reportedly be optimized for low-power Netbooks and various other "mobile Internet devices”.
The chip-making giant has vowed to continue its support for current Openedhand projects such as Clutter (used to create GUI's) and Matchbox, an open-source based environment for the X Window System.
Openedhand's pre-sale client list included Nokia, One Laptop Per Child, Openmoko, iRex, Access, ST Microelectronics and Vernier. µ
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Looks like they're trying to kill it right out of the gate. Makes you wonder if they're only pretending to support open source.
First, a highly restrictive closed platform, and now a different operating system. They'll definitely succeed in keeping atom from cannibalizing celeron sales, because it just won't sell as a linux box