LinuxDevices: Linux Top Embedded OS but Declining, Survey Suggests

"Linux remains the most popular embedded OS, according to data from a recent CMP survey of electronics trade journal readers and Embedded Systems Conference attendees. However, a comparison of 2005 and 2006 survey data shows 'open-source enthusiasm waning,' Embedded Systems Design (ESD) editor-in-chief Jim Turley suggests

"CMP's annual survey was completed by about 1,200 respondents this year, with respondents equally divided between ESD subscribers, ESC attendees, and select EE Times readers involved in embedded development..."

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