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Living in a Linux Embedded World

Posted by timothy on from the how-little-is-little dept.

krow writes: "Embedded.com is running an article where the author is making some assumptions of Linux's use in the embedded markets based on the opinion of one consultant and the fact that Lineo had to lay off some people this year. It's still interesting reading though for some insight into a different world for Linux and there is a nice reference in the comments to the interview of Victor Yodaiken of RTLinux fame by by Kevin Fu on the ACM site."

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  1. /* This is a Hack */ in non-open code by GGardner · · Score: 4, Funny
    What do you think that commercial code doesn't have comments like this? Or, worse yet, that commercial code doesn't have comments like this because it doesn't need them?

    There was a famous comment in the SunOS proc.h header file that said something like /* Please forgive me for this hack */ And I've seen plenty of commercial code that should have had comments like that, but didn't, which is a whole other kettle of fish.

  2. Layoff-based reasoning. by Syberghost · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, didn't Dell lay some people off? Gee, Windows must be dying.

    Didn't @Home go bankrupt? The Internet must be dying.

    FedEx has a hiring freeze; oh, no, people must be using the Post Office more!