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First and foremost - I question that Windows is the easiest and most familiar operating system available. No doubt it is the most widespread consumer OS. And the statement that most people don't have a clue what they are doing with OS X was thrown out as a casual aside with no basis in reality.

I'm sure there are some uses in embedded environments where Windows is the right tool for the job. It seems like overkill in the applications mentioned in the article. There are a plethora of tiny, real time operating systems that would seem much better suited to the task (tinyOS, VxWorks, QNX).