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Embedded Linux Flexes Its Muscles @ ESC 2001

Posted by Hemos on from the showing-off dept.

A reader writes "This is Rick Lehrbaum's "traditional" report on "all things Linux" at the Embedded Systems Conference which took place during the week of April 9, 2001 in San Francisco, California. Lehrbaum briefly describes many of the Embedded Linux oriented exhibits, takes us on a photo tour of some cool Embedded Linux based devices that were being shown off, and offers his assessment of the current state of the Embedded Linux industry. There's even a "best of show award" for the "geekiest demo" at ESC! Full report is on Linuxdevices.com"

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  1. left out the coolest: 'terapin mine' by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 3
    I submitted this to slashdot, but alas, was rejected.

    so here I submit it as a followup:

    Terapin 'mine'

    it does mp3, usb, ethernet, pcmcia, audio in/out, 16x4 lcd display, video out and 10GB hard drive.

    I'll certainly be watching for this one!

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  2. misunderstatement by deran9ed · · Score: 3

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    Just to be absolutely clear about what I'm saying, in my opinion the "big three" embedded OSes are, at the moment: (1) VxWorks, (2) Embedded Linux, (3) Embedded Windows -- or (1) VxWorks, (2) Embedded Windows, (3) Embedded Linux -- depending on how you count.

    I guess he's never heard of/used QNX, ChorusOS Nucleus, or ThreadX. I did however like the gadgets, but taking a look at the last week, with all the Linux related companies going to the dogs, and 4 distributions going "kaput" within less than 6 months time, I would be looking at other alternatives to Linux, especially if my business were going to depend on them.

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  3. Standardization... by sllort · · Score: 3

    Interesting link to Kevin Dankward's rant on the fragmentation of embedded linux. It is a response to the "Embedded Linux Consortium"'s proposed standard, which he claims:

    "As stated, the ELC proposal will allow closed source alternatives to be certified. An OS with runtime royalties can be certified; an unreliable and unrobust alternative can be certified; an OS with poor networking can be certified; an OS with few drivers and tools can be certified; an OS with a small number of trained programmers can be certified."

    That's the first time I've seen anyone in the mainstream mention a certified, closed source version of Linux. There is certainly a very strong push between a few vendors to become the "industry standard for embedded linux"... but closed source?

    yuck. how could any linux company be that stupid?

    Hopefully he's just being alarmist.