Remembering Jim Ready, the Father of Embedded Linux!
On Christmas Eve 2017, my old friend Andre Kobel wrote to me with some unfortunate news that Jim Ready had passed away. He knew I was visiting the US at the time and asked if my schedule would allow me to attend the memorial service. This news was truly shocking! I had seen Jim at the end of 2016 and presented him with my new book, "Chronicles of Embedded Operating Systems," thanking him for writing the foreword (see Figure 1). He was very pleased, and we discussed plans to translate this book into English. Little did I expect that just a year later, Jim would be gone. Figure 1: In 2016 with Jim Ready in Cupertino, Silicon ValleyAfter Christmas, with