Linked by David Adams on Tue 7th Oct 2008 15:46 UTC
An EE Times straw poll of embedded device makers in Europe found that while last year 50% said they planned to use Linux, that number had dropped to 33%. 26% said they planned to use a commercial OS, up from 15% a year ago.
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Why did my comment score get lowered from 2 to 0? Cause people don't like to hear the truth?
The GPL really does scare embedded device makers away. Because oftentimes embedded devices have industry trade secrets in the hardware. The fact that they would have to GPL any mods they made to the kernel to improve performance on that hardware, or support certain new features of that hardware, scares them away. It's the same type of scenario that prevents nvidia from open sourcing their drivers. Cause that would give away trade secrets about their hardware.
Embedded system vendors really are scared away by the GPL. Many of them simply don't want to be at the mercy of a license that would force them to open source any changes they made to the kernel.
The GPL really is hurting Linux in the embedded systems market. Which is sad, because Linux would make a great OS for embedded systems.
If you think I am wrong, then tell me why I am wrong. Don't just lower my comment score cause you don't agree with me. Tell me why you don't agree with my analysis.