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MontaVista ranks top Linux kernel contributors

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SANTA CLARA, USA: MontaVista Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux commercialization, ranks in the top 15 contributors to the Linux kernel, alongside more than 5,000 other community supporters including Red Hat, IBM and Novell, as reported by the Linux Foundation in its recent report, Linux Kernel Development.

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The report indicates that MontaVista, made more than 1,500 changes to the kernel. MontaVista, now in its tenth year, is the only commercial embedded Linux vendor to rank this high in the report said the press release.

“Throughout our company history, MontaVista has always placed a strong emphasis in contributing to the Linux kernel and the entire open source community, based on our longstanding belief in Linux as an embedded operating system, and a real alternative to proprietary RTOS solutions,” said Jim Ready, CTO and Founder at MontaVista.

“We’ve contributed to the kernel in many different areas such as architecture support, power management, real-time capabilities, high performance drivers, and others. Kernel development has always been a main focus for MontaVista and will continue to be moving forward as we work with the entire Linux community to advance the development and support of Linux,” added Ready.

According to the report, “Distributors like Red Hat, Novell, and MontaVista have a clear interest in making Linux as capable as it can be. Though these firms compete strongly with each other for customers, they all work together to make the Linux kernel better.”

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