Due to the increasing importance of solutions using embedded software and the relatively small numbers of skilled and experienced programmers, embedded systems development is being undertaken in a wide cross section of industries by the very same experts.
The availability of target-specific testing and development tools, and the desire to use standard development tools for the majority of the code work are the main reasons for these OS to be sought after.
According to the study “standards conformance and interoperability” and the “ease of porting code to new target platforms” seem to be less important to developers.
This might be because decisions concerning the choice of OS on which to build embedded applications, are more related to the device that will house the application than in other areas of software development.
Embedded system development is still a young area and likely to grow in importance. Click here to read the whole article at The Register.

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