Opinions critical and supportive of the EMF study are cited.
"The report concluded that Linux projects require an average of about 14.3 months to complete, while projects using embedded Windows finish in about 8.1 months. Further, the study showed that the cost of developing a device with the open-source operating system was roughly US$1.5 million, while Windows-based projects came in at around $479,000 on average. The cost per developer was determined by polling embedded development recruiters . . ."
Read full story
Related stories: 
