12 Jun
2009
12 Jun
'09
7:24 a.m.
2009/6/12 Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com>:
On 11 Jun 2009 at 21:37, Kirn Gill wrote:
The almost-unheard-of Japanese iTRON OS runs on hundreds of millions,
maybe billions, of consumer electronics devices that most people never
realise /have/ an OS on them. It may be the most widespread OS in the
world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON_Project
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"free, powerful and useful" does not
describe any viable consumer OS
at the moment. At point, the only consumer OSes really worth
considering (more than 7.5% market share) are Windows and Mac OS X.
Would it be too much of an exaggeration to say that the most
prevalent operating system running today is "none"?
Consider the controls in house thermostats, microwave ovens, washing
machines, etc. ?All computerized; few with any operating system
whatsoever. ?Not to mention the embedded systems in the PC or Mac
you're sitting in front of.
--Chuck