On Monday, December 20, 2010 7:09:59 PM UTC-7, Stargazer wrote:

> At the same time you completely miss a point of comparison of "John
> Doe's RTOS" vs Linux. Yes, most of "John Doe's" advantages are offered
> by many commercial RTOS for 20-30 years and by free RTOS for 10+
> years. And with all that RTOS market is nearly dead and agonizing
> (people evidenced  it already in 2003-2004,
> http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/GartnerDataquest-Embedded-Linux-n=
ow-number-one-in-Asia/,
> http://www.ganssle.com/rants/rtosupdate.htm). Some local success of
> ARM-dedicated RTOS or in closed military market doesn't change the
> global picture: Linux is a global winner of a market that it doesn't
> even belong too.

  Consolidation is a natural part of the free market system - it doesn't me=
an that RTOSes (or probably more correct 'embedded OS' will all disappear -=
 that's why having the source code is important if you need long term maint=
enance for your embedded project