David, you're right, I missed the point. (Why am I not surprised?) After reading your excellent post though, I now understand it perfectly, and it seems almost obvious.
>>>MSFT may choose to sell WinCE, with twice the number of lines of code, for the same price or less than VxWorks, but the fact is they will be losing money, relative to WIND.<<<
Forget cost: MSFT has been known to give products away to establish market share, e.g., Internet Explorer. However, from your explanation, it appears that the real cost of using WinCE (i.e., system resources, code maintenance, etc.) may be greater than VxWorks, even if MSFT gives it away. |
