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Threat of an embedded security disaster
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| Embedded systems are responsible for the availability and functionality of
| many critical systems, from factory automation to gas pipeline monitors to
| networking equipment. Unfortunately, the critical importance of embedded
| systems is seldom matched with a strong, comprehensive security
| infrastructure.
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http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=6247
Microsoft will build its future embedded OS (CE renamed) using XP as the
codebase. IOW, it'll be Swiss cheese (it's the same with Vista, which
ironically Microsoft is shunning here). Anyone choosing a closed-source
non-Free O/S for a device is asking for big trouble like a coffee machine that
can be hijacked.
Recent:
Why Linux won the embedded market?
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| One story not told often enough involves Linux’ growing domination of the
| embedded market.
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| In this space Linux usually stacks up against older Real Time Operating
| Systems (RTOS). The decision by Wind River, the largest RTOS vendor, to
| migrate toward Linux was a turning point.
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| There has been no turning back. But this is not an open source story. In
| fact, the embedded Linux business looks a lot like the rest of the embedded
| market.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2501
Microsoft Worried Over Linux Dominance In Embedded Space
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| Renames its family of products to target the embedded market.
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http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/26010/news.htm
Who's afraid of embedded Linux? Microsoft
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| ...Microsoft is fighting a losing battle here. It's like gravity.
| Eventually you just stop fighting and learn to accept it. Even Microsoft.
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9919632-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
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