OS Changer Porting Kit

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• What value does OS Changer provide?

  The OS Changer family of products gives users the freedom to switch operating systems while leveraging on their existing embedded code and knowledge base to protect their software investment and avoid...

• Why not do a port myself?

  It’s not easy to make existing software adapt to a new OS without incurring high cost and time to market. It’s an error prone, tedious and time-consuming task and it requires expensive and skillful re...

• Why don’t I use my new OS vendor’s porting kit?

  OS vendor’s solutions are restricted and tied to a specific OS. Comparatively, MapuSoft provides solutions that port to many different operating systems. OS vendor’s solutions are usually unsupported ...

• Why don’t I throw out my code and start anew?

  There are many reasons to leverage your legacy code. Here are a few: Leverage existing software and knowledge base when migrating to next-generation platforms Achieve your time to market goals Don’t t...

• Why would I need to change my OS?

  There are many reasons you would need to change your operating system. Here are a few: OS becomes unsupported or obsolete New chip architecture has different OS availability Customer demands for diffe...

• Which operating systems can I port my legacy code from?

  OS Changer supports porting from VxWorks, pSOS, Nucleus, and Windows to different operating systems. Additional OS component support is also available: VxWorks ANSI File and VxWorks BSD Network API co...