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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-so...
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.
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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-so...
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.