6 Sep
2013
6 Sep
'13
9:43 a.m.
On 06/09/13 02:15, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
none of these make a secret out of their OS, but it
doesn't seem to be an
advertising item, either. is it because people are generally disinterested in
and/or frightened by the fact that their gear has to have some sort of operating
system inside? i wonder if we'll live to see the day where "linux inside"
is a
hot marketing punchline.
perhaps a big selling point for embedded system gear is that it is just there,
it is dedicated to a single purpose ... and bringing an OS into the picture
blurs that distinction, it sounds too much like a general purpose computer
running an application to the marketing department.
Simon