Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:33:43 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Roger Irwin <> | Subject | Re: Solaris 2.6 and Linux |
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Cannot see why embedded systems present a different problem to other software developed by GPL. Analog Devices charge a hefty fee for thier porting of GNU C to thier DSP family (it is the standard C compiler for these systems). A note (2 lines) in the accompynying flyer says you can get full source to the GNU parts on a SUN tape for $150.
Probably they do not get much request. After all, the sort of person who would request this source knows full well they can get it easier elsewhere. If they did suddendly become innundated with requests, they couod simply forward them to an outsourcer of the sort who make Linux CDROMS.
I develop embedded systems, and I am familiar with products such as MicroTask and QNX, including thier commercial licence agreements which I do not think make life any simpler.
I am looking forward to using linux with the 'QNX like' scheduling in embedded products, and I expect they will yield more features in less time, I don't expect to save much money at the present time because of the cost of the extra memory. Even so, I hope to be making more competitive products and developing software in a more productive and co-operative manner. The market will tell....
P.S. Many people are using GPL'd software with QNX, the ports are availaible on thier ftp site. P.P.S. I think this disscussion is not (yet) relevant to embedded systems like microwave ovens and video cameras, Industrial controls, instrumentation, specialist telecom products etc are more likely targets, with production quantites being much lowwer and tech support resources being much larger.
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