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____/ High Plains Thumper on Friday 09 Oct 2009 15:27 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Richard Rasker on Friday:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Embedded Linux - Are you already a Linux user?
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> For example I recently bought a TomTom Sat Nav GO 730.
>>>>> There is nothing on the device to indicate it's Linux,
>>>>> there are no Linux messages during start-up, but behind
>>>>> the scenes TomTom Sat Navs are running on the Linux
>>>>> kernel. To a lesser extent some of the Garmin products
>>>>> also use Linux.
>>>
>>> These devices may run Linux under the hood, but it's rather
>>> sad that at the user end, only Windows is supported.
>>
>> There are usually workarounds. For example, I use my Palm on
>> Linux just fine with jpilot (yes, it's for PalmOS, not WebOS).
>
> It is just a matter of time. It took time for the Microsoft
> monopoly to dominate. Now we are seeing Linux and other
> alternative operating systems to Microsoft taking shape with
> increasing deployment.
>
> The FUDmeisters like Erik Funkenbusch, Tim Smith, DFS, Ezekiel,
> Flatfish, Hadron and Snit would like everyone to believe it is
> the other way around.
>
> We're in a world wide recession with companies on the brink of
> survival and governments dealing with reduced tax base related to
> the same. The old "Pony Up the Bucks" - "Pay Me or Else" model
> no longer works. Russia recently baulked at that.
>
> Last stronghold is the US governments, who have been receiving
> incentives in various forms, one of them being the employee's
> receiving a CD of their Office and other application software for
> around $20 US as an extension of their desktop license. I've
> heard that program has come to a close in some sectors.
In the US, there's also campaign funding (incentives/gentle bribes).
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