MontaVista Software is a provider of open-source software solutions for pervasive computing environments. Founded in 1999, its pripal offering is the Linux operating system tailored for embedded software applications. Products lude Hard Hat Linux, a standard off-the-shelf binary distribution of Linux for x86/IA-32, PowerPC, StrongARM, MIPS, and other microprocessor architectures. Its products target applications ranging from communications infrastructure to thin-client and edge applications.