Embedded Linux is Doomed. DOOOMED! | Linux Today

Embedded Linux is Doomed. DOOOMED!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 9, 2008

“In an opinion piece for Embedded.com, Green Hills Software CEO
Dan O’Dowd has resumed his crusade against embedded Linux–with a
new twist. O’Dowd argues that recent marketing by commercial Linux
distro vendors MontaVista and Wind River prove that they agree that
embedded Linux is ‘chaos.’

“In the article, entitled ‘Embedded Linux: With friends like
these, who needs enemies?’ O’Dowd, whose company makes the
Integrity separation kernel and real-time operating system (RTOS),
suggests that by spreading FUD about DIY Linux, the leading Linux
distro vendors are actually proving that their underlying embedded
Linux technology is deeply flawed…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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