Evolution of the Species

The Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in Oslo yesterday. Germany won. Turkey came in second and Romania third. We liked Denmark the most. They came in fourth. There were 39 countries participating, including Israel which does not seem to be European. Eligible participants actually come from the 56 countries that are Active Members of the European Broadcasting Union. The Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956. Ireland has won the Contest the most often (seven times).

It seems you can learn a lot by looking at how countries voted

In the mean time, Germany seems to be also winning and leading more generally. Germany is the largest exporting nation and the largest economy in Europe. Europe is fortunate that Germany is doing so well.

It is people that make companies, not technologies. Over the last eighteen months, we have been working to develop products around the Freescale i.mx51. Being a new chip, there have been a number of revisions. Chip revisions lead to board revisions and countless other implications that compound software development. It has been a challenge to demonstrate in reality what has been promoted in the marketing of the chip.

We believe the key to economic prosperity begins with stability and security. We cannot provide for stability or security, this is the responsibility of government. However, once these essentials are in place the most efficient and productive means of proliferating prosperity is though commerce. Today, commerce is synonymous with the Internet. Computers and the internet have created vast opportunities for people worldwide. We are becoming more connected globally.

A gallery of pictures from the Efika MX, Linux Development and Aura Instruction at the Advance Engineering University held at Future Electronics is now online.  We will get the instruction materials online later this week.

In the meantime, Michael Grunditz has posted a video of his 3D GL driver for Qt on the Efika MX. We will be releasing the sources on PowerDeveloper.org.

A day long training course on Linux, Aura and the Efika MX was presented by Genesi at the Future Electronics' Advanced Engineering University which began today in Montreal.

Advanced Engineering University classroom

The reports are in and the training was a success. We will be presenting an abbreviated version of the class at the Freescale Technology Forum in June.