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The Future of Embedded Systems

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Overview OSS, and particularly Linux, has gained a lot of mindshare and an increasing number of design wins in the embedded development community in the past few years. This paper discusses the business and technology drivers behind the phenomenal shift in embedded technology towards open source software, describing the advantages and disadvantages of its use in the embedded environment.

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Publisher	SnapGear Inc.	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	December 2002	Downloads	30
Format	White Papers
Topics	Linux Server OS, Linux - Open Source

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Desktops
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