ELC: The embedded Linux nightmare
Posted Apr 18, 2007 6:16 UTC (Wed) by
zipdisk (guest, #8589)
Parent article:
ELC: The embedded Linux nightmare
I think the point Thomas is trying to make is basically that vendors are
not embracing the full concept of using Open Source. I've been in both
sides of the fence (working for a vendor and being part of the community)
and I have to admit that in either case you tend to see to the other side
as the guilty part.
But in the end, I think the real problem is not who is guilty of what but
how to fix the "bad" relation. Is true that vendors many times do not
release source code back to the community (not only on Linux but in other
Open Source Operating System), and is true that sometimes the community is
not interested in what the vendor is doing. Is true that sometimes a
vendor finds problems and try to get help from the community and the
community does not help at all and is also true that sometimes the
community brings a lot of help but the vendor does not give a thing in
return.
This topic is more complex than what it seems, and for people outside the
embedded world is difficult to understand why this happens.
(
Log in to post comments)
