Re: Is Linux right for Embedded?

[mike@nospam <mike_member@newsguy.com>]

In article <9pcvbn$r52$1@xmission.xmission.com>, bgeer@xmission.xmission.com
says...
 
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>Include costs of compiler, language 

yes, sure. with programmers costing $50/hr and sometimes double that,
I can see that a $200 or so for a compiler is really too much to pay for.

>& tool training, 

If you know a programmer who needs more than 2 weeks training to pick up
a new language, let me know, so I make sure I do not hire them.

>future maintenance 

Yes, good point. languages such as C and perl are the best language for
future maintenance, they provide years and years of sustained maintenance
for us programmers to live on. That is why I'll fight so hard to keep C alive.


>plus factor in employee
>turnover, may reveal a different economic interpretation.
>
 
excatly. those dim a dozzen programmers, we do not want to lose them, those
who need years to learn a new language, and get confuded when they see
BEGIN instead of "{". we got to keep those ones.