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Mike Hall on Choosing Embedded Linux over Windows

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the does-and-doesn'ts dept.

prostoalex writes "Mike Hall from Microsoft asks the audience why they would choose Linux over Microsoft for embedded projects. He provides a point-by-point description of benefits of Microsoft's products (Windows CE and Windows XP Embedded) and points out that starting out on Windows-based embedded platform might save development and testing time."

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  1. In other news... by mstefanus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linus Torvalds the creator of Linux asks the audience why they would choose Microsoft over Linux for desktop application projects. He provides a point-by-point description of benefits of Linux products (SuSe, RedHat, JDS, etc.) and points out that starting out on Linux-based platform might save development and testing time."

  2. Slashdot-like by ClosedSource · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's simple really. If most Slashdotters like it, it's Unix-like, if they don't it's not.