Market Research Corporation Venture Development Corp. (VDC) In its recently announced report, embedded Linux operating system, additional software (add-on component) and related services have grown, erode Microsoft (Microsoft) And Wind River's market.
The report predicts that the sales of open source operating systems in consumer electronics and industrial automation in 2006 will increase from $ 65.2 million in 2003 to $ 118.5 million, and the compound annual incidence is 22%.
Based on the survey of end users, VDC discovers embedded system developers using Linux systems, most of them have used Microsoft's Windows CE / .NET and Wind River's VxWorks in its previous project, or the operating system developed.
"Previously, consumer electronics and industrial automation equipment have always been the main market of Windows CE / .NET," said VDC analyst Stephen Balacco. "However, the current trend is to use embedded Linux."
VDC believes that VxWorks is replaced by telecommunications / data communication needs surrounding the result of operators level Linux. For developers using their own operating systems, the transfer Linux provides a way for them to combine their own technology and the source code system, but also control development work, and minimize authorization costs. .
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