Mike Hall on Choosing Embedded Linux over Windows

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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Plain old FUD

[geirt]

He starts with:

I don't want this to turn into a "Linx is better than Windows is better than Linux" discussion, no throwing of mud or Fud

and ends with:

Much has been written about the pitfalls of incorporating GPL software into a product. An often overlooked consideration, however, are the costs of having to even worry about these licensing issues.