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To: hueyone who wrote (7621)	4/11/2000 10:52:00 PM
From: lkj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

Matt was right in saying that Linux was more suited for the consumer market, but the million dollar question is "is Linux more suited than VxWorks?". Ask yourself a question, what good does a reliable OS do on a consumer appliance if the application keeps on crashing? In the case of web browsers and plug-ins, they crash much more often than Windows. From this point along, you can say that VxWorks' reliability advantage is pretty much negated. On the feature side, Linux offers a world of applications that VxWorks can only dream of. There is the reason for the likes of Intel and AOL to choose Linux. Unless Java takes off, VxWorks will have a tough time in this potentially HUGE consumer appliances market. Take this, a $300 stripped down Linux box with SVGA and NTSC/PAL outputs, plays DVD and surfs the Internet. What's WRS' competitive solution? None! Khan