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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: STM32F4 GNAT Run Time System - roadmap
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 16:15:47 +0200
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On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:21:42 -0700 (PDT), Jedi Tek'Unum wrote:

> My observation is that low-end ARM capabilities are growing rapidly and
> prices falling. We aren't far from a sub-$20 board that runs
> FreeBSD/Linux. (I'm doing that on a $19 Pogoplug V4 system -
> board/case/power - although it is considered obsolete!) I pause to wonder
> if NuttX or RTEMS is worth the bother.
> 
> I'm not suggesting that "Unix" is the best OS we could ever create BUT it
> is the train that almost everyone is on. (Dare I say the same kind of
> momentum that keeps C/C++ at the top.)

I fully agree. Only large firms shipping huge series may afford developing
for some obscure BSP and rudimentary RTOS. In our case we do embedded on
Debian for BB. If you have to deliver 100+ installation to pay 50 more
euros per board is still far more cheaper than maintaining a developing
branch for one more target.

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de