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To: Joan Osland Graffius who wrote (86100)	11/30/2000 2:46:56 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (1) of 132070

Don & Joan, I have actually used Wind River's product for many years (VxWorks), and it is quite good for it's application (real-time systems). However, it is very expensive, and since many computer systems have come down dramatically in price in the last few years and offer some real-time support (i.e. real-time extensions to Solaris/UNIX), those alternatives will cause pricing pressure to WIND at some point. On one of my projects, we are shifting from array processors and single board computers running VxWorks to Solaris systems exclusively, and saving a bundle in doing so. Still, there are many embedded applications for which our current approach is still not feasible, and that is why WIND still operates well in its niche.

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