Yeah, lets all sit on the beach and lets let the robots do everything for us. That's a sure path to the destruction of our species. If you take a look at nature, you will never be able to identify any organism that's been able to just on it's ass and exist. The truth of our reality is that there are billions of species that want to dominate the planet, from virii to insects to household pets. When we get fat and lazy is when something else moves in and takes over.
Well, I can tell you why I'm picking linux for my embedded project. I'm an engineer for a very small start up in the home automation field. Linux makes sense for me because:
1) it's free
2) it's open source
3) it's accepted
4) it's fairly efficient
5) it works
Linux works, and it doesn't cost anything. If for some reason it doesn't work, I know I can fix it without a lot of red tape. Lots of products use linux and we all know that it is reliable. With the cost of embedded hardware constantly dropping and the feature set quickly evolving, what else would I pick?
There are probably 20 operating systems that I could pick that would 'work' for my application.
Given the consistent relevance and flexibility of linux, why would I pick something else?
I think that perhaps you are experiencing 'the fear'. There are thousands of established embedded technologies that are about to be wiped off the map. In the next 2 years, the market will be flooded with cheap and powerful SBCs that run standard operating systems. The proprietary systems of the past will be abandoned and replaced by x86 and ARM systems running windows and linux and java.
Capitalism, like nature is very cruel. Efficiency and cost will always win. Every proprietary system thus far has died or will die soon. Thats why I pick linux.
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Yeah, lets all sit on the beach and lets let the robots do everything for us. That's a sure path to the destruction of our species. If you take a look at nature, you will never be able to identify any organism that's been able to just on it's ass and exist. The truth of our reality is that there are billions of species that want to dominate the planet, from virii to insects to household pets. When we get fat and lazy is when something else moves in and takes over.
Well, I can tell you why I'm picking linux for my embedded project. I'm an engineer for a very small start up in the home automation field. Linux makes sense for me because: 1) it's free 2) it's open source 3) it's accepted 4) it's fairly efficient 5) it works Linux works, and it doesn't cost anything. If for some reason it doesn't work, I know I can fix it without a lot of red tape. Lots of products use linux and we all know that it is reliable. With the cost of embedded hardware constantly dropping and the feature set quickly evolving, what else would I pick? There are probably 20 operating systems that I could pick that would 'work' for my application. Given the consistent relevance and flexibility of linux, why would I pick something else? I think that perhaps you are experiencing 'the fear'. There are thousands of established embedded technologies that are about to be wiped off the map. In the next 2 years, the market will be flooded with cheap and powerful SBCs that run standard operating systems. The proprietary systems of the past will be abandoned and replaced by x86 and ARM systems running windows and linux and java. Capitalism, like nature is very cruel. Efficiency and cost will always win. Every proprietary system thus far has died or will die soon. Thats why I pick linux.