The purpose of Emblix is to promote the use of Linux in Japan. Emblix will provide education and set standards. The chair of Emblix is from academia, Professor Nakajima of Wasada University. Currently Emblix has 61 members and 24 member companies. ELC Membership is free for Linux code base supporters.
Many opportunities are to be had.
Shohat presented a list of achievements that he hopes the ELC will attain in the next five years. In order to achieve these lofty goals, the ELC needs to create momentum and promote embedded Linux in a vendor neutral and positive way. The ELC needs to continue to have a visible presence at trade shows. New members should be actively pursued, and there are plans to build an active database with helpful information for getting new member companies up to speed working with Linux. Summary The ELC has positioned itself at the boundary between open-source Linux and the corporate world.