Japan: Linux is O.K.!

A group of Japanese electronics corporations called the Japan Embedded Linux Consortium has banded together in hopes of developing a Linux-based OS for such things as electronic appliances, cell phones and car navigation systems. The group, which includes members from Toshiba, Sony, NEC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, and Canon hopes to make Linux the standard for imbedded devices. This comes on the heels of the announcement of Microsoft’s .NET strategy to bring "the same rich content to all devices," in this case via Windows Embedded addition(s). Could his hurt Microsoft’s new strategy?