RTOS…some arguments!

Hi all! I work in a company using MSP430 for a lot of different application. Now I discussing with my boss to start using FreeRTOS to add real time capability to our products. Basically my boss has a hard (VERY) time seeing the benefits, and I was jut wondering if any of you lot could help me with some good reasons for using a RTOS such as FreeRTOS. Any suggestions valid! Regards

RTOS…some arguments!

You can only really argue for or against an rtos for a particular application – rather than a particular chip.  Sometimes they fit the bill, sometimes they are not needed.  If you can wade through it there is a very long thread here: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.arch.embedded/browse_thread/thread/52448b492c5f0af1/05590e11da092b69#05590e11da092b69 but it quickly goes off topic, and lots of opinions are just opinions. Have you seen the application design pages? http://www.FreeRTOS.org/tutorial