"Dr. Inder Singh, CEO of Lynuxworks, provided Groklaw this response:
"'The shrill broadside of FUD by Dan O’Dowd against the use of Linux in defense systems is in my view just a reflection of the pain that vendors of proprietary systems with closed interfaces are experiencing as the embedded world moves towards Linux. Linux is rapidly becoming the open multi-vendor standard across the embedded industry including the defense market. The fact is that embedded Linux is an unstoppable force -- the largest of the vendors of proprietary RTOS's, Wind River, has already switched from Linux bashing to embracing Linux.
"'The release is full of inaccurate statements and wild generalizations...'"