[ros-users] ROS 2.0 Strategy review

[Thibault Kruse]

Vendor lock-in is one of the potential problems discussed here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ros-sig-ng-ros/9VBTiYJO090

While ROS2 in theory avoids that problem by offering to switch between
vendors, in practice there may still be lots of effort to move from
one vendor to another, causing a "soft" vendor lock-in.

For more details this should be discussed in the NG Group linked above.


On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Valerio De Carolis via ros-users
<ros-users at lists.ros.org> wrote:
> On 27/09/15 02:02, BiggsGeoffrey via ros-users wrote:
>>
>> Good wire protocols are hard, and leaving it up to the experts gives the
>> OSRF more developer time for the robotics things that go on top.
>
>
> Which sounds like building a skyscraper without taking care about its
> foundations. :)
>
> Imagine that people are looking for a system which is good both for
> commercial uses and research ones. The former are potentially afraid of
> betting on a vendor locked horse (to which one has to add all the concerns
> about IP and licensing) while the latter are looking for something that can
> work even outside the lab (one never knows if the next spin-off is around
> the corner).
>
> Valerio
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