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Linux did eat the world, in the form of Android and all its variations. Every TV, most cellphones, many game consoles, and even your watch, are all probably run
by derefr 5y ago
Linux did eat the world, in the form of Android and all its variations. Every TV, most cellphones, many game consoles, and even your watch, are all probably running a Linux kernel.
(And there's also ChromeOS, eating the education sector.)
- sumtechguy 5y agoLinux in that case ate the embedded OS world. vxworks and so on. When trying to make a cheap device the OS can become the dominant cost. If it had not been linux it would have been one of the BSDs eventually. In those markets the margin is thin.