Abstract :
In this paper, the author describes how Windows and Linux are extending their competition for the desktop to cell phones and set-top boxes in the form of embedded microprocessor systems. In addition, he questions whether traditional embedded operating systems are up to the challenge
Keywords :
embedded systems; operating systems (computers); Linux; Windows; cell phones; embedded operating systems; microprocessor systems; set-top boxes; Costs; Embedded system; Linux; Microprocessors; Military computing; Open source software; Operating systems; Random access memory; Read only memory; Real time systems;
