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14 Industrial Embedded Linux Case Studies

Posted by Hemos on from the spreading-like-the-flu dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This article presents a collection of papers and presentations on the use of embedded Linux in the "real world" that was assembled by the Industrial Embedded Systems (INES) organization, a project to promote the adoption of Open Source software funded by the European Union. The papers show some of the exciting and esoteric applications that the industrial world finds for embedded Linum. From vibration health monitoring systems to crane scales to giant LED signs at sports stadiums, that little penguin (a.k.a. Tux) shows up in the darnedest places."

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  1. What about the bad ones? by TrollBridge · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    "The papers show some of the exciting and esoteric applications that the industrial world finds for embedded Linum."

    Aside from the problem I have with the word "Linum", do these papers show any of the less-than-successful open source deployments/projects?

    Call my cynical, but I'm going to take any report about the success of OSS from an organization whose goal is to "promote the adoption of Open Source software" with a grain of objectivity salt.

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