There has been some confusion surrounding our change to Sentilla on the various mailing lists. Let me clarify a few items so that we are all on the same page.

We at Sentilla (formerly Moteiv) are extremely excited about the use of Java technology in our products. We expect that there will be a tremendous amount of innovation in applications and services that are built with Java technology.

Why Java? There's a lot of reasons. Most students are now learning Java at their universities rather than C or C++. There's also over 6 million Java developers out there today, who can now use, develop, deploy, and manage small computers that some refer to as "motes". Opening pervasive technology to the masses, including professional service organizations, VARs, integrators, and even classrooms and research labs where Java software has already been adopted, is tremendously exciting. We hope that all customers of Moteiv's previous products will consider Sentilla as a great alternative to the embedded, low-level systems of the past.

About our hardware products: Please note that Sentilla is not going to completely stop making pervasive computers (or "motes"), and we are not exiting the market -- rather we are providing an alternative based on open standards and familiar interfaces. We're moving the market for pervasive computing forward by making the software easy and familiar. As of February 1, 2008, all of our new pervasive computers will now come with Sentilla Point -- our Java runtime, application frameworks, networking, and APIs -- pre-loaded. As such, we're excited that everyone in this community will have the ability to use Java software to build applications. If you'd like to get a "bare" mote with only embedded support (such as any of the numerous embedded operating systems like Contiki, TinyOS, SOS, or Mantis), those are still available too until January 31, 2008. All of Sentilla's new products that are coming in 2008 are backwards compatible with Tmote Sky and Tmote Mini, so you can remove Sentilla Point and load your embedded operating system of choice.

With a full software platform for development, deployment, integration, and management, our customers -- both academic and commercial -- now have the necessary infrastructure to quickly build intelligence into embedded systems. No longer do you need to install cygwin, configure gcc packages, learn a new language, or hack embedded code. You can now use all the tools you know and love to write Java applications -- including Eclipse and soon NetBeans.

As for details on the technical capabilities provided by our software platform, I'll be writing up a blog post later in the week that addresses a number of the questions raised in emails, on mailing lists, and through phone calls.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us here at Sentilla. Our transformation to a software business and a Java product is an overall win, and we're committed to working with our loyal customers so that their business, research, and work are not interrupted.

Best,
-Joe

Joe Polastre // co-founder and CTO // joe@sentilla.com
Sentilla Corporation // 201 Marshall St // Redwood City, CA 94063