You can't run Linux software on it - that is, software designed to be run on a normal Linux system. Thus, its not a Linux distribution. They could just as eas

You can't run Linux software on it - that is, software designed to be run on a normal Linux system. Thus, its not a Linux distribution. They could just as easily have chosen ChorusOS or vxWorks or some other kernel .. the only advantage they have in using Linux is the fact that Linux runs on tons more hardware than anything else ..