Linux to Remain a Leading Embedded OS, Says Analyst | Linux Today

Linux to Remain a Leading Embedded OS, Says Analyst

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 10, 2007

“A ‘significant portion’ of development teams continue to use
Linux as their primary embedded OS, a recent VDC survey finds.
Additionally, the results suggest the trend will persist, ‘as the
majority of current Linux users surveyed plan to use Linux again as
their primary operating system on future [embedded] projects.’

“According to VDC’s report, key reasons why Linux remains ‘an
attractive operating system choice for a range of embedded
development teams’ include…”

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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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