RE: [ECOS] Re: Is eCos project still alive?

["Chris Zimman" <czimman@bloomberg.com>]

Frank,

I think you raise a valid point here.  Perhaps it would be time to consider
creating a more up to date release.
Rather frequently on the list, someone will say something to the effect of
'I've downloaded/am using eCos 2.0 ...blah blah...it seems very out of
date...'  The traditional response has been 'Go pull the latest from CVS'.

Thoughts anyone?

--Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org
[mailto:ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org] On Behalf Of Frank Pagliughi
Sent: 13 December 2007 20:06
Cc: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [ECOS] Re: Is eCos project still alive?

As a embedded-systems consultant, I've been using eCos for several 
years, and I love it.  I've used it for my own development - test apps 
and demos - but I have never been able to sell a single customer on 
using the OS for a project.  When a potential customer (usually a 
manager type) has a look, those things do stand out: it *looks* old and 
out of date, on first pass. Most don't seem to get past poking around 
the web page.

For more technically sophisticated customers, when 2.0 first appeared, 
it literally took ten minutes to download the code, and get a sample app 
running on an old PC. Now when I tell a customer to take it for a test 
drive, the setup gets involved, with pieces from several places.

I try to tell them to look closer, but by that time, they've already 
chosen something else. From my experience, the current state of the 
project doesn't seem to help sell it.

Frank

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