Technological advantages over Linux

Steve O'Hara-Smith steve at sohara.org
Sun Feb 16 00:27:11 UTC 2020


On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:00:58 +0100
Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org> wrote:

> The "blue screen" I often see, when I take a look at the displays used
> by public service vehicles, lead to Windows as the used embedded
> operating system. Apart from this a friend has got some inside
> regarding specialized embedded systems. There at least was a tendency
> to migrate from BSD or Linux to Windows. Seriously, when I use the
> public bus to go to work, I often see a blue screen and some
> output of error messages, with paths using backslashes.

	That's not an embedded system, think engine management controller
(and the other dozen or so hidden computers in a modern car), TV, washing
machine, fly-by-wire controllers ... Things with no user interface.

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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve at sohara.org>


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