The only way Linux has gotten more and more popular is because of the user base. If Linux never gets used on these machines, then Linux may never be used on these machines.
I think that it can't hurt anything for a company to take a stab in an alternative OS, especially for this market, which they can make the unit cost less and write specific code for it, and even modify the kernel.
As for their reasons of choosing WinCE over Linux such as "Better Drivers" and such and such, sure.. but they are making the units, why can't they make their own drivers for their own hardware? -- Or are they just too lazy, and sence WinCE is already there, respected, and tried.. they jump to CE.
Sure maybe WinCE has been used and maybe someone would want to use WinCE over a "Hacker's OS" but maybe if a company took a shot into Linux, and showed what Linux *really* can do for these machines, maybe something big could happen. It has before..
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Point taken, but things *can* change.
The only way Linux has gotten more and more popular is because of the user base. If Linux never gets used on these machines, then Linux may never be used on these machines.
I think that it can't hurt anything for a company to take a stab in an alternative OS, especially for this market, which they can make the unit cost less and write specific code for it, and even modify the kernel.
As for their reasons of choosing WinCE over Linux such as "Better Drivers" and such and such, sure .. but they are making the units, why can't they make their own drivers for their own hardware? -- Or are they just too lazy, and sence WinCE is already there, respected, and tried.. they jump to CE.
Sure maybe WinCE has been used and maybe someone would want to use WinCE over a "Hacker's OS" but maybe if a company took a shot into Linux, and showed what Linux *really* can do for these machines, maybe something big could happen. It has before..