11.Jun.2003
Elektroniknet (ANF)
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ELektroniknet: How costless is Linux?
»The experience of an independant software developer
A little bit costless? Or not free at all? During a Linux project there arrive many obstacles which are invisible in
the beginning.
This lesson an independent software developer had to experience personally.«
Here are some extracts from the article which is readable by the title link (German):
- "I just finished to install embedded Linux on a PowerPC system; That opend my eyes. [...]"
- "After some months our hardware was stable, our Linux port too and the application was more or less ready to use [...]"
- "Is embedded Linux the potential to grow? Sure at least. Is it really costless? No way. [...]"
- "Embedded Linux is real, it's capable to grow but it is not gratis.
It is easy to get attracted by embedded Linux but then you will soon find yourself within the operating system support
business rather than in the application development. Would I chose Linux again? Yes I would but this time with a seeing eye from the start.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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