Linux In Robots, Windows in Handhelds

Posted by timothy on Monday February 21, 2005 @04:34AM from the palm-os-in-robot-pdas dept.

savuporo writes "Robots.net is reporting that Linux-based robots are far more common than Windows-based robotics. Especially various Asian robot builders are increasingly selecting Linux and other open-source software as a basis for robot products and research. Linux is also gaining ground in other embedded applications like PDAs and mobile phones." That said, prostoalex writes "50% of all the PDAs sold in 2003 had Palm OS, while Windows family accounted for 37.7% of PDA market. In 2004 Microsoft is the leader of handheld OS market with 43% market share, followed by Palm OS with 36.3%."

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well then by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-21 04:37 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm not sure which OS I should use for my handheld robot.
4 out of 5 robots prefer Linux by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-21 04:39 · Score: 5, Funny

over CP/M.

By the way, has Commodore released the C=64 CP/M cartridge yet? All my valuable early 80s software is orphaned!
gives a whole new meaning to by essreenim · 2005-02-21 04:42 · Score: 5, Funny

exec kill proc
isn't it obvious? by MiKM · 2005-02-21 05:04 · Score: 5, Funny

Lindows, of course.
Makes sense by bkhl · 2005-02-21 05:08 · Score: 5, Funny

Linux for vital production use, Windows for useless toys.