News: Survey reveals embedded Linux market trends
May 4, 2005 — by Henry Kingman — from the LinuxDevices Archive — views
The results of LinuxDevices.com's fifth annual Embedded Linux Market Survey are in! Overall, we find the results encouraging for embedded Linux, especially for companies in the embedded Linux OS and tools market. This brief summary provides our interpretation of a few key data points.
Our observations include:
- Linux on strong uptake curve in embedded
- ARM now top embedded processor architecture
- Commercial Linux providers gaining marketshare
- MontaVista — the eight percent gorilla
- Real-time Linux on the rise
- Support more appealing than royalties
- And much more!
Along with colorful charts and a discussion of these key observations, complete survey data is also available, for those who wish to draw their own conclusions.
Read our “Snapshot of the Embedded Linux market” for 2005
Research findings from industry analysts:
- VDC: mobile dev times longer, less predictable with Linux
- VDC: Microsoft top embedded vendor
- Linux squeezing WinCE, VxWorks out of devices
- Findings from EDC's Embedded Developer Survey — August, 2003
- Gartner/Dataquest: Embedded Linux now number one in Asia
- EDC: Embedded Linux remains #1 choice of developers — despite tools dissatisfaction
- Findings from EDC's Embedded Developer Survey — August, 2003
- Linux, Windows neck-and-neck in embedded
- Embedded Linux tops developers' 2002 wishlist
- Study finds 300% growth in Embedded Linux
- Interest in Embedded Linux skyrockets
- Whitepaper: Linux's Future in the Embedded Market
- Update on the Embedded Linux Market
Reports and data from past LinuxDevices.com surveys:
- Snapshot of the Embedded Linux market — March, 2004
- Snapshot of the Embedded Linux Market — May, 2003
- What's so good about open source and Linux — in embedded? (2001 survey results)
- Archive of earlier LinuxDevices.com survey data
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