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ELC Releases Embedded Linux Standard v1.0

Posted by michael on from the nice-and-hefty dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) formally announced its release of the ELC Platform Specification (ELCPS) version 1.0 this week. This LinuxDevices.com Special Report includes the full text of the ELC's announcement, a whitepaper about the ELCPS standard, a newly updated "frequently asked questions" document, a roundup of news coverage, a poll, a discussion thread, and the spec itself."

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  1. Re:embedded Linux of limited usefulness by macshit · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You seem to be making the mistake of thinking that there's just one sort of embedded application.

    Sure there are embedded applications and devices for which linux is probably inappropriate, but so what? Linux won't get used there. However, the word `embedded' covers a lot of ground, and there are many embedded applications and devices for which linux is a perfectly fine solution -- and that's where linux will be (and is) used.

    [Morever, as another post pointed out, the hardware used for embedded devices is continually getting more powerful, for any given application, making linux more and more practical.]

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