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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It is not that simple

[curne]

A friend of mine works for a company that makes embedded systems and they chose a Linux kernel to drive it since they have to make hundreds of tweaks in the kernel code to compensate for custom hardware (that they build in-house).

IMO, choosing your software is not just a matter of point-by-point feature comparison. Some times you need the ability to modify the behavior, especially because embedded hardware is typically somewhat eccentric.