Commercial vs. Open Source RTOS: What’s Right for Your Safety-Critical System?
12th January 2026When teams start developing products that rely on a Real Time Operating System (RTOS), the initial choice between open-source and commercial solutions often feels straightforward: open source is free, accessible, and gets projects moving quickly. But as products evolve, from prototypes to production, priorities change and so does the criticality of the underlying RTOS...