On Monday 05 January 2004 02:40, Micha Feigin wrote: > Just a point in the opposite direction. Depending on the target of your > product you may need to get it certified, which can sometimes be a lot > easier to do with name brands (one reason a company I know chose to > implement their system using IBM computers which cost several thousand > NIS more but saved them several tens of thousands in certification > tests).
> That one reason in certain cases there is an advantage for vxworks in > comparison to linux in the embedded market. > On the other hand thats a case where you would be willing to pay the > big bucks to a qualified programmer who can properly prove his/her > design rather then go to the kid next door even if she is a wizkid who > has just writen a M$ word replacement that actually works ;-) Don't confuse brand name vs. generic with open vs. closed source software. The simple answer would be to pay for a certified open source solution and in the mebdded market there are several. Cheers, Gilad -- Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Codefidence. A name you can trust (tm) http://www.codefidence.com "Half of one of my eyes is already open. I'm going to make coffee now..." -- Kathi 16:08:04 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
