> The parent was referring to embedded development toolchains - compilers, IDEs, endless small utilities, debuggers, analyzers, etc. etc. I know what the paren

> The parent was referring to embedded development toolchains - compilers, IDEs, endless small utilities, debuggers, analyzers, etc. etc. I know what the parent was referring to. > Commercial tooling is almost all Windows-exclusive, even if it's using a smattering of open-source bits underneath. No it's not. Literally both of the embedded OS' you mentioned (VxWorks/QNX) support Linux as first class hosts. https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/software-solutions/embedded-software/industrial/qnx-momentics-tools-suite https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/software-solutions/embedded-so... https://www.windriver.com/support/site_configuration/docs/wr_site_cfg_linux_single_ws.pdf https://www.windriver.com/support/site_configuration/docs/wr... What Windows exclusive tooling are you talking about? And you are understimating the prevalence of Linux as the embedded OS for embedded devices.