eCosCentric

{{lowercase|title=eCosCentric}}

{{Infobox company |

name = eCosCentric Limited |

type = Private |

logo = Image:ECosCentric.png |

foundation = 2002 |

location = Cambridge, England |

key_people = eCos Founders |

num_employees = ~10 (2005) |

industry = Computer software|

products = eCosPro |

homepage = [http://www.ecoscentric.com/ www.ecoscentric.com]

}}

eCosCentric Limited is a privately held company dedicated to open source software, with a distinct focus on eCos (Embedded Configurable Operating System). Founded in 2002 by the original eCos developers,{{cite press release|title=eCosCentric announces eCosPro(R) selection by Philips for next generation Nexperia(TM) Set-top box semiconductor solutions|publisher=Dedicated Systems|date=2006-07-13|url=http://www.dedicated-systems.com/vpr/layout/display/pr.asp?PRID=9919|accessdate=2007-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200521/http://www.dedicated-systems.com/vpr/layout/display/pr.asp?PRID=9919|archive-date=2007-09-27|url-status=dead}} it has headquarters in Cambridge, England from where it continues to support, develop and provide commercial services for eCos and RedBoot.{{Cite news|last=Larmour|first=Jonathan|title=How eCos can be shrunk to fit|newspaper=Embedded Systems Europe|pages=34|date=May 2005|url=http://i.cmpnet.com/embedded/europe/esemay05/esemay05p32.pdf|access-date=2007-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515055126/http://i.cmpnet.com/embedded/europe/esemay05/esemay05p32.pdf|archive-date=2006-05-15|url-status=dead}} eCosCentric also provides a commercially strengthened version of eCos, eCosPro, which is targeted at professional developers looking to integrate eCos within commercial products.{{cite press release|title=eCosCentric announces eCosPro Developer's Kit|publisher=OSNews|date=2003-09-02|url=http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=4395|accessdate=2007-03-31}}

In 2017, eCosCentric Limited announced the latest 4.1 release of eCosPro, a "stable, fully tested and supported version of the operating system and RedBoot bootstrap firmware."{{Cite web|title=eCosCentric Limited's eCosPro {{!}} Linux Journal|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/ecoscentric-limiteds-ecospro-0|access-date=2020-06-02|website=www.linuxjournal.com}}

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