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Linux's Future As The Next Embedded OS

Posted by timothy on from the welcome-to-my-dashboard dept.

CowboyRobot writes "ACM Queue has an interview with Jim Ready about how embedded systems differ from desktops and servers, and how they will help shape the future of Linux. From the article: Your car, for instance, now has telematics -- mapping, navigation, and entertainment systems -- that clearly present a very sophisticated user interface... The neat part for me now is that embedded systems can consist of Linux applications with beautiful graphical interfaces."

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  1. Re:Thanks to FS Developers by gnalre · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have to say that thats rubbish. It is only the recent trend that has blurred embedded OS with desktop OS which has produced this requirement. Vxworks for instance, which controls the majority of the market uses dosfs which does not seem to of affected its adoption.

    What using linux as OS does mean is that you have a much larger choice on what you use. This can only be a good thing

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