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ACCESS Linux Platform Integrated with MontaVista Mobilinux to Accelerate Development of Smart Mobile Devices
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Feb. 13, 2008 01:45 PM
ACCESS and MontaVista Software reinforced their shared
commitment to accelerate the development of smart mobile devices by releasing a
pre-integrated software stack combining the ACCESS Linux Platform with the
MontaVista Mobilinux operating system.
ACCESS Linux Platform enables the creation of world-class
mobile phones and wireless devices by providing a commercial-grade Linux
platform designed for the worldwide mobile phone and converged device markets.
MontaVista Mobilinux is the field-proven mobile operating system used in 90
percent of Linux-based smartphones. Because the new software stack
pre-integrates the ACCESS Linux Platform framework and applications with
MontaVista’s commercialized Linux operating system, it significantly decreases
the weeks or months of engineering time required for do-it-yourself
integration, and it also reduces associated costs and risks.
“The integration of the ACCESS Linux Platform with
MontaVista Mobilinux provides mobile developers with more choices, faster time
to market, less risk, and easier deployment in carrier networks,” said Toru
Arakawa, CEO, president and co-founder of ACCESS. “While the ACCESS Linux
Platform supports multiple Linux operating system kernels, this implementation
with the field-proven Mobilinux software will further help device manufacturers
and application developers bring innovative mobile products to consumers even
more quickly in the fast-paced mobile industry. In addition, it will make it
easier to port ACCESS Linux Platform on top of the many silicon platforms
supported by MontaVista Mobilinux.”
“Millions of people around the world will depend on ACCESS
Linux Platform for its intuitive, consistent user interface and its
operator-specific applications, and millions already depend on Mobilinux as the
underlying operating system for their mobile devices,” said Tom Kelly, chairman
and CEO of MontaVista Software. “Our strong relationship with ACCESS has
produced this new software stack to deliver the best of both worlds to mobile
developers, operators, and consumers.”
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