[quote=flu][quote=svelte]Another reason UCSD (and maybe other universities) have moved wholesale behind Java is that the basic tools are cheap or free….costs the university very little to teach Java. Now if they want to add VxWorks or similar to their cirriculum, well now we’re talking more significant licensing fees.[/quote]
Embedded linux is cheap and free (for the most part)…. Not sure why they aren’t teaching this…. [/quote]
I guess I don’t think about embedded linux very often because it doesn’t work so well if you need a real-time operating system, unless they’ve made changes as of late that I don’t know about. It is used by 18% of embedded engineers, but since that market is so chopped up that’s actually quite a good percentage.
But you’re right – if it’s cheap and free it is a great fit for being taught at universities.
