From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 18:17:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 18:17:40 -0400 Received: from waste.org ([209.173.204.2]:5549 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 18:17:39 -0400 Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 17:23:06 -0500 From: Oliver Xymoron To: Gigi Duru Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: The end of embedded Linux? Message-ID: <20021005222306.GB9145@waste.org> References: <20021005193650.17795.qmail@web13202.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021005193650.17795.qmail@web13202.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 12:36:50PM -0700, Gigi Duru wrote: > > I know you guys are struggling to bring "world class > VM & IO" to Linux, going for SMPs and other big toys, > but you are about to lose what you already have: the > embedded market. It's still plenty small enough for many many embedded uses and most people are more than happy with it. The reason that it's not even smaller is no one has stepped forward to do the trimming. It's easy enough to do, but we can only assume from the fact that no one's done so is that it's really not that important. If you think it's important, either make it happen or pay someone else to make it happen. -- "Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.."