VxWorks is just too good [LWN.net]

VxWorks is just too good

Posted Dec 2, 2005 15:22 UTC (Fri) by pflugstad (subscriber, #224)
In reply to: VxWorks is just too good by larryr
Parent article: LinkSys courts Linux hackers with WRT54GL (LinuxDevices)

for the amount of effort it takes to write software for VxWorks vs Linux

Actually, it's probably mostly a branding effort. VxWorks ships a Platform for Network Equipment that has like 95% of what you need to do a box like the Linksys. Just setup the web pages to do what you want, with your branding, and you're pretty much there.

And since they are selling 100's of 1000's of these a month, the development and licensing costs are in the noise at that level, especially as the more you sell, the cheaper the development is.