GPL and open source licensing review – Jason Wacha; Director and founder, Open Bar; Vice President of Corporate Affairs and General Counsel

Join MontaVista Software and distinguished open source licensing authority Jason Wacha for a review of issues surrounding open source licensing. Starting from base principles of differences between laws, licenses, and commercial agreements, Mr. Wacha moves on to issues surrounding the use of a General Public License (GPL) and how it affects Linux and other open source software. (94 minutes)

The San Francisco Daily Journal named Jason Wacha as "one of the country's preeminent experts on open source software licensing." InfoWorld called him "one of the smartest open source attorneys on the planet." In addition to Jason's position as VP of corporate affairs and general counsel of MontaVista Software, Inc., he is a director and founder of Open Bar, a nonprofit organization educating developers and legal professionals about open source/free software. Jason was also a chair of the American Conference Institute's Software Licensing Agreements conference. Finally, Jason is a finalist in the 2008 Reader's Digest "Tell Us a Joke" contest for his joke "Lawyer in Hell."

MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition 5.0: New features and benefits – Jim Ready, CTO and founder, MontaVista Software

A first look at the new features and benefits provided by MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition 5.0. Find out how you can benefit from new field-serviceability features that give field engineers the ability to fix and upgrade live systems while they are running with little or zero downtime, and new features providing high availability and security. (55 minutes)

Called "arguably the one individual most responsible for establishing the embedded OS and tools market" by LinuxDevices.com, Jim Ready is the CTO and founder of MontaVista Software. As the co-founder of Ready Systems, he developed the world's first commercially viable real-time operating system (RTOS) product: the VRTX real-time kernel. Ready Systems, founded in 1980, merged with Microtec Research in 1993, went public in 1994, and was acquired by Mentor Graphics in 1995. During this period, Jim served as Ready Systems' President, and as chief technical officer (CTO) at Microtec/Mentor. Jim invented the category of embedded Linux commercialization in 1999 when he founded MontaVista Software to provide the Linux operating system to the embedded systems market, and to offer embedded-system expertise to the open source Linux community.

Linux and RTOS virtualization in a Carrier Grade environment: Reducing network equipment costs, ensuring real-time performance – Tim Anderson, Project Design Manager, MontaVista Software; and Dave Beal, VirtualLogix

See how MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) has been optimized to meet the requirements of virtualization on single-core and multi-core processors. VirtualLogix will use MontaVista Linux CGE to demonstrate RTOS and Linux virtualization with VLX for Network Infrastructure, a real-time virtualization technology from VirtualLogix, designed for the demanding real-time environments of telecommunications equipment. Learn how MontaVista Linux CGE leverages virtualization to increase reliability, improve flexibility and scalability, and provide high availability over a range of operating conditions and call data volumes. (57 minutes)

Tim Anderson is a software development manager with over 25 years of experience in software and systems product design and development. Tim has developed software systems for military, telecommunications, process control and real-time systems. Tim has developed and managed software systems for Motorola Government Electronics, and commercial systems for Motorola Computer Group. Tim led the development of MontaVista's Carrier Grade Edition products. Tim is a founding member of several industry forums such as OSDL Carrier Grade Linux Working Group (now the Linux Foundation) and Service Availability Forum. He is the MontaVista representative to PICMG.

Improving mobile device development and performance with Mobilinux 5.0 – Jim Ready, CTO and founder, MontaVista Software

Hear Jim Ready describe new features of the Mobilinux 5.0 operating system. MontaVista Mobilinux delivers advanced connectivity, fast performance, and high security to consumers, plus lower costs and faster time-to-market for manufacturers. This presentation is appropriate for designers and developers of mobile devices. (59 minutes)

Called "arguably the one individual most responsible for establishing the embedded OS and tools market" by LinuxDevices.com, Jim Ready is the CTO and founder of MontaVista Software. As the co-founder of Ready Systems, he developed the world's first commercially viable real-time operating system (RTOS) product: the VRTX real-time kernel. Ready Systems, founded in 1980, merged with Microtec Research in 1993, went public in 1994, and was acquired by Mentor Graphics in 1995. During this period, Jim served as Ready Systems' President, and as chief technical officer (CTO) at Microtec/Mentor. Jim invented the category of embedded Linux commercialization in 1999 when he founded MontaVista Software to provide the Linux operating system to the embedded systems market, and to offer embedded-system expertise to the open source Linux community.

The quest for superior applications: Debugging embedded Linux the easy way – Troy Kitch and J.T. Thomas, MontaVista Software

This demonstration is designed for professional embedded Linux application developers. In the course of an hour, you will see how the software works and hear a question and answer session recorded with a live audience. (59 minutes)

JT Thomas recently served as Director of Product Management for MontaVista Software, focusing on developer tools through the release of DevRocket 5.0. JT began his career as an software engineer at Borland International and moved into Product Management for the Borland RAD (Rapid Application Development) integrated development environments: Delphi, Kylix, and C++Builder product lines. He has additionally led engineering teams through the transition to agile methods including, most recently, the MontaVista Developer Tools development team.

An easier way to debug embedded Linux – Troy Kitch, Senior Product Manager, MontaVista Software; and Fahd Abidi, Senior Field Applications Engineer, USI

What if you could make debugging less of a burden and keep it better integrated with your application development? MontaVista Software and Ultimate Solutions, Inc. (USI) give a live demonstration of debugging on an embedded Linux kernel. We take you through a real world scenario, using a BDI2000 probe within the MontaVista DevRocket IDE and applying the USI LinuxScope-JTD™ to debug JTAG targets. Get an overview of the JTAG debug environment and see features you can use for low-level debugging. Learn the benefits of using a JTAG emulator for kernel debugging versus source level debuggers such as KGDB. This demonstration is designed for professional embedded Linux developers. (47 minutes)

Linux: Buy or build? Weighing your options – Ken Molay

This 6-minute overview helps you understand the differences between commercial quality licensed Linux products and free public implementations of open source Linux. What are the tradeoffs in adapting a free code base to your development and production platform? What factors determine why companies might consider paying for an embedded Linux operating system? (6 minutes)

Linux for real-time: Using Linux for embedded real-time systems and applications – Ken Molay

This 7-minute overview introduces the advances in embedded Linux that have made it the operating system of choice for real-time applications. The presentation gives a definition of real-time, explains the evolution of real-time platforms, introduces the time/value curve, and briefly presents technical benchmarks of real-time Linux performance. You will learn about barriers to proper real-time operation and how they have been overcome. (7 minutes)

New developments in real-time Linux – Jim Ready, CTO and founder, MontaVista Software

MontaVista Software takes a look at the latest dramatic developments in real-time capabilities of Linux. If you are a developer or device manufacturer who has had to rely on proprietary real time operating systems to achieve the performance and functionality you need in your products, you will see how commercial grade open standards software can now deliver the speed and power you require. This technically-oriented web seminar digs into details such as new technology approaches used in real-time Linux implementations, performance levels attained by Linux, and APIs for integrating embedded Linux with application software. (70 minutes)

Called "arguably the one individual most responsible for establishing the embedded OS and tools market" by LinuxDevices.com, Jim Ready is the CTO and founder of MontaVista Software. As the co-founder of Ready Systems, he developed the world's first commercially viable real-time operating system (RTOS) product: the VRTX real-time kernel. Ready Systems, founded in 1980, merged with Microtec Research in 1993, went public in 1994, and was acquired by Mentor Graphics in 1995. During this period, Jim served as Ready Systems' President, and as chief technical officer (CTO) at Microtec/Mentor. Jim invented the category of embedded Linux commercialization in 1999 when he founded MontaVista Software to provide the Linux operating system to the embedded systems market, and to offer embedded-system expertise to the open source Linux community.

Making Linux and Eclipse work for you – Jim Ready, CTO and founder, MontaVista Software

MontaVista Software reviews the change from proprietary closed-source tools and operating systems to powerful open source technologies such as Linux and Eclipse. Open source technologies have allowed embedded systems developers to become more efficient, with more control and flexibility in their programming environments. Learn about the current capabilities of Linux as an embedded operating system. Discover how Eclipse-based development tools for Linux are empowering software developers. Explore the latest in Linux run-time analysis tools, such as memory leak detection and performance profiling. (66 minutes)

Called "arguably the one individual most responsible for establishing the embedded OS and tools market" by LinuxDevices.com, Jim Ready is the CTO and founder of MontaVista Software. As the co-founder of Ready Systems, he developed the world's first commercially viable real-time operating system (RTOS) product: the VRTX real-time kernel. Ready Systems, founded in 1980, merged with Microtec Research in 1993, went public in 1994, and was acquired by Mentor Graphics in 1995. During this period, Jim served as Ready Systems' President, and as chief technical officer (CTO) at Microtec/Mentor. Jim invented the category of embedded Linux commercialization in 1999 when he founded MontaVista Software to provide the Linux operating system to the embedded systems market, and to offer embedded-system expertise to the open source Linux community.