> I'd rather see 1-3 open-source embedded distros that commit to supporting hardware for 10 years with over-the-air updates I don't see this happening unless a

> I'd rather see 1-3 open-source embedded distros that commit to supporting hardware for 10 years with over-the-air updates I don't see this happening unless a large company boostraps the funding for a distro like this, similar to how Microsoft boostrapped an open source election machine standard. "Over the air updates" requires the ability to pay for the bandwidth. I do think there's an interesting synergy with your IoT gateway idea and Bit Torrent distribution of the Over the air updates.