"BillP" wrote in message news:wv_Xc.3410$Rk.2365@trndny03...
Why don't you come out with a Linux version like the rest of the people in
this thread want?

Many people buy a dedicated chartplotter just because a windows based system
is too risky for them. That's another group of potential customers for a
linux package. One could even sell it pre-installed on a nice small 12V
computer, with the entire thing on a flash disk (solid state). This would
still allow you to run other apps as well.
By nature, windows is very unsuitable to be installed on a flash disk
because is writes so many temporary files on many places. This will wear out
a flash disk very soon. Linux on the other hand, is very well organized with
all temporary files on one specific place. Allocate a ramdisk for that and
your linux system will run for ages on a flash disk.

Meindert