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Mark Linimon wrote:

> But the market _perception_ is that VxWorks is not a FreeBSD derivative.

Now you're talking about brand and brand recognition.  It's true,
FreeBSD has lagged behind more recent (and usually inferior)
entrants in the OS space, embedded or not, when it comes to perception.