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Linux Still Top Embedded OS

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 24, 2008

“Linux was used by 18 percent of embedded engineers responding
to a survey, making it tops overall among both free and commercial
OSes. Additionally, open source operating systems such as eCos,
BSD, FreeRTOS, and TinyOS were reportedly used collectively by
another five percent of respondents.

“The figures are from VDC’s annual 2008 Embedded Software Market
Intelligence report. Administered via the web, the study aims to
segment results according to geographical region and vertical
market…”

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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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