View from the trenches: it doesn't

View from the trenches: it doesn't

Posted Mar 29, 2004 11:45 UTC (Mon) by jonth (subscriber, #4008)
In reply to: View from the trenches: it doesn't by alex
Parent article: Linux Kernel 2.6: the Future of Embedded Computing, Part I (Linux Journal)

I realise that - that's why I qualified my comment with "in the field I work in." Linux is great for set top boxes, hard disk mp3 players, etc., but in the world of mobile phones, cost and power is king, so we need something that doesn't soak up the MIPs, and has a small footprint.

The reason Linux doesn't fit in this space is the same reason Windows doesn't. It's just too big and clunky. (However, with RTLinux and RTAI, Linux comes much closer!)

J

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