Dieter wrote:
if you're a start-up maker of home entertainment=20
appliances or set-top boxes, then you have only one way to go: Linux.=20
Linux is not the only game in town.
I agree. Although I run Linux, I'm not certain that it is the best
choice for a commercial product. Some commercial applications might
have problems with the GPL.
There are a few small OS companies -- QNX comes to mind.
Then there are the other *NIXs.
Regular Solaris isn't going to be very expensive per box. Probably free
if you use Sparc hardware. There are some nice embedded Sparc chips.
There is Open Solaris which I presume would be free.
There are several BSD flavors. These have the advantage of the BSD
license: "you can do anything you want with this software except claim
that you wrote it" :-)
There is Open Darwin.
I don't know exactly how IBM would charge for AIX if you were using one
of their embedded POWER-PC chips.
--
JRT
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