At the end of November Microsoft posted a document on its Web site comparing the Windows XP Embedded and embedded Linux operating systems, with the emphasis on the technical and business inferiority of Linux. Embedded Linux distributors argue that the document not only distorts the value of Linux, but contains inaccuracies.

The following is a point-by-point response to Microsoft's attack from Lineo, one of the companies of which Microsoft is most critical. Excerpts from Microsoft's document are in bold. The responses were written for ZDNet UK by Tim Bird, Lineo's chief technical officer; Dave Beal, senior product manager for tools and operating systems; and Garnet Brown, senior product manager for smart handheld devices.

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