Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:26:56 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> Subject: Re: Technological advantages over Linux Message-ID: <20200216002656.83d55598023fed6088fb9a23@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20200216010058.73f83086@archlinux> References: <20200214121620.GA80657@admin.sibptus.ru> <CAHieY7Ss0SftTD6S%2Bk2OkX-PinTwzEXGQwz1twmwZ5ZMndpc%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <1848571509.3253011.1581719423989@mail.yahoo.com> <20200215195303.464e585a.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200215202033.6c856b8f7639b304d96e68ce@sohara.org> <20200215215825.5d3c9a1a@archlinux> <20200215211542.e8cc2827fc4664ea4bcad918@sohara.org> <20200215223449.355a9ac9@archlinux> <20200215223649.40196f37@archlinux> <20200215232623.7995b06e@archlinux> <20200215235822.f804ffc6.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200215232931.5a9132b2e83daa2d0a06dac8@sohara.org> <20200216010058.73f83086@archlinux>
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:00:58 +0100 Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote: > The "blue screen" I often see, when I take a look at the displays used > by public service vehicles, lead to Windows as the used embedded > operating system. Apart from this a friend has got some inside > regarding specialized embedded systems. There at least was a tendency > to migrate from BSD or Linux to Windows. Seriously, when I use the > public bus to go to work, I often see a blue screen and some > output of error messages, with paths using backslashes. That's not an embedded system, think engine management controller (and the other dozen or so hidden computers in a modern car), TV, washing machine, fly-by-wire controllers ... Things with no user interface. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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