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Why would it only attract hobbyists? I know a couple of software companies that develop "kiosk" type apps and can benefit from a Linux tablet. Currently they wo

• keithpeter 12y ago
  Huge touch-screen tablet at a local railway station for looking up times and platforms. Easily 30 inches. No idea what it runs on as it hasn't crashed yet. Bus stops: local transport people experimenting with e-paper displays for real time timetables. Kindle sized (might even be modified kindles?). The display/info space looks like a possibility.
• eli 12y ago
  Still not quite following. You mean why don't the companies that develop kiosks use Linux instead of Windows? I don't know, but I'd imagine the cost of an OS license is a total non-issue compared to what they're charging the client. As a potential consumer of a kiosk, I don't particularly care what OS it's running.
  • toni 12y ago
    > I'd imagine the cost of an OS license is a total non-issue compared to what they're charging the client I think you'd be wrong if you knew how much the total sum of all Windows licenses cost in a large-scale deployment. That is why they usually install the kiosk with a decade-old Windows OS, usually Win2K or XP embedded which arguably costs less than a Win7 or 8.1 license. > As a potential consumer of a kiosk, I don't particularly care what OS it's running. I am afraid we are not particularly talking about consumers, but the companies that make these things.