"I started working on a deeply embedded Linux project, and ended up going through three different sets of development boards and software before I finally got one that worked. The boards and software ranged from about $1000 without support to over $3000 with some support for limited features.

Over the course of the months of wasted time, I came across helpful information on the gumstix support forums and mailing lists. I had initially dismissed the gumstix board as "too small" to be useful in my application....It's been the best $300 I've ever spent on a development kit. I've gotten further in this week than I had in two months with a toolchain and board costing 10 times as much. Nice Job, gumstix!"

Jim Walters
Quad-C
Computers Communications and Controls Consultin

"Where your product is great is it's expandability". "In the past, everyone had to buy a large elaborate demo kit from other large companies and then strip out all the parts they didn't need (which we found was actually 75% of the board), however in most industries it is far better just to build up from the gumstix core module."

Lee Weekes
Quattro Technologies in the UK

"...I have already one Waysmall 400BT system, and I must say, I am very pleased with it. I am a lecturer with the Department of Information Technology, National University of Ireland Galway, where I supervise a number of undergraduate final year projects and postgraduate research projects. My current projects include various robot applications (cooperative exploration using low-cost robots), multimedia systems (wireless MP3 player) and biomedical applications.

I have designed embedded systems for more than 10 years using various platforms and development tools, but the gumstix beats them all! Apart from the various benefits of the hardware (e.g. low-cost, reliable, high-performance, sufficient I/O capabilities, to name a few) I like the idea of using Linux and open source tools. I also think that it is most important for my (undergraduate) students, to understand and to work with a "real-world OS" rather than with some exotic RTOS kernel."

Michael Schukat
University of Ireland

"The only reason I got my gumstix was the existing software stack, modern Linux kernel and tool chain, working root file system, user community...**Its all about the software***

The gumstix tool chain / kernel and root filesystem running as a source forge deal + the active mailing list are what sold me."

Mark Gross
Portland, OR

"So many applications, so little time..."

reasons for choosing gumstix
1. Simplicity, elegance, and ease of use in my designs.
2. Software that is industry standard
3. The ability to add what I want, and leave out what I don't.
4. I sub $200 price point for my hardware in most cases, even when using wireless (802.11a/b/g) and bluetooth!
5. Miniscule form factor."

Mark G. Carey
Columbus, OH