tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11270886701129062112011-04-21T20:00:06.770-07:00COTS Engineeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044938925392284918noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127088670112906211.post-15287205688848836602008-10-02T05:41:00.000-07:002008-10-02T05:57:58.749-07:00COTS Engineering generally provides for a lower cost structure simply because there is no R &amp; D required. If you can find ready made products then one only has to "Design", without the necessity of speciality development of new products.<br />In theory, COTS is an abreviation for Commercial Off The Shelf. The idea being that<br />ready made items will be cheaper to install and include in the design process and consequently<br />the manufacturing and/or production process.<br />Example of IDE: <a title="" href="http://www.eclipse.org/">Construct with "OpenSource" Eclipse SDK.</a> "Hence FREE" just like Linux, Eclipse is an open development platform and is part of the <a title="link:" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software">open-source software community</a> whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle. A large and vibrant ecosystem of major technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities, research institutions and individuals extend, complement and support the Eclipse platform.<br /><a href="http://www.eclipse.org/home/newcomers.php">New to Eclipse?</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1127088670112906211-1528720568884883660?l=cotsengineering.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>COTS Engineeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044938925392284918noreply@blogger.com0