This presentation, on the current state of the Embedded Linux Market, was given by LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum at the Linux Canada Conference and Exposition held in Toronto, Canada on May 16, 2000.

Topics covered include:

What's an embedded system?
The size of the embedded market
Why Embed Linux?
Embedded system OS requirements
Challenges of technology advancement
“Traditional” embedded OS landscape
Impact of Linux on the embedded OS landscape
Linux as an “enabling technology”
Various shapes and sizes of Linux
Results of LinuxDevices.com polls

The presentation may be viewed here.

Recommended reading:
Linux and Windows square off over devices
Using Linux in Embedded and Real-time Systems

 
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