Updated Sep. 3, 2003 — SD Times provides further perspective — and debate — about the recently released market research report from Embedded Market Forecasters (EMF) which concluded that projects based on Windows Embedded operating systems are completed 3-4 times faster than Linux-based projects. Opinions critical and supportive of the EMF study are cited.

Specific study criticisms include:

• funded by Microsoft
• XP run-time fees not considered
• small sample sizes
• project selection criteria were different on the two platforms
• Linux-related data may have been older
• analysis fails to differentiate between projects of differing size and complexity (some embedded system development projects on Linux — carrier-class projects for instance — are extremely complex)

On the other side of the debate, similar though less dramatic survey analysis from Venture Data Corp. is noted.

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