Last week, the Eclipse ThreadX project announced the release of ThreadX v6.4.3.202503. The version number may appear unusual at first glance; the new suffix simply designates this release as part of our Q3 2025 cycle. While this may seem like a minor adjustment, it represents a significant milestone for the project team. With this release, Eclipse ThreadX is transitioning to a quarterly release cadence, enabling us to deliver updates and improvements on a more predictable schedule. In keeping with our commitment to openness and transparency, we will also begin publishing and maintaining a public roadmap outlining our planned work. Read on for the complete details. Release Cadence Going forward, we will publish ThreadX and its companion components at the end of each quarter. To make it easier to track when a specific release is published, we will now add this information to the end of the version string. For example, at the time of writing, the latest ThreadX release was ThreadX 6.4.2. ...
Over the past two years, I’ve had the privilege of expanding my open source developer advocacy to include countries in the Global South — Brazil last year, and Nigeria this year. What struck me during these trips is that a country lagging behind wealthier, industrialised economies doesn’t mean being left out of technological progress. Quite the opposite. Cutting-edge technologies are very much present. Yet, a closer look reveals a distinctive pattern: gaps in the usual technology adoption timeline. Take communications, for example — wireless networks are everywhere, and often far more reliable than wired infrastructure has ever been in those countries. The lesson is clear: as they advance, Global South countries don’t need to follow the same incremental path taken elsewhere. They can leapfrog transitional technologies and move straight to the most advanced solutions. This was the essence of my message to the audience at OSCAFest 2025 a few weeks ago. During the event, which took place...