From: Robert Kaiser <rob@sysgo.d.redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, eccesys@topmail.de
Subject: Disk is cheap?
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:29:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <01013114393200.01502@rob> (raw)
> Everyone who says, disk is cheap, ought to donate me one.
> Everyone who says, memory is cheap, has to send me some.
:-)
Perhaps a more convincing argument may be that in embedded devices,
disk as well as memory and CPU power are _not_ cheap.
The more resources Linux requires, the less are it's chances of being
accepted as a viable alternative in embedded systems.
> I'm still stuck with a P-133, 56 MB RAM (60-70 ns, some EDO,
> some FPM) and not only Linux but also W2K on a 2.1 and a 0.8 GB
> HDD.
That would be _a_ _lot_ for an embedded system!
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next reply other threads:[~2001-01-31 13:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-31 13:29 Robert Kaiser [this message]
2001-01-31 14:55 ` Disk is cheap? Patrizio Bruno
2001-01-31 16:12 ` Robert Kaiser
2001-02-01 12:34 ` Wojtek Pilorz
2001-02-03 12:55 ` Pavel Machek
2001-02-06 14:49 ` Robert Kaiser
2001-02-06 15:28 ` Hacksaw
2001-02-06 15:30 ` Robert Kaiser
2001-02-06 20:17 ` John Fremlin
2001-02-24 13:59 ` Ralf Baechle
2001-02-26 11:32 ` Robert Kaiser
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2001-01-30 18:58 mirabilos
2001-01-31 3:27 ` John R Lenton
2001-02-02 14:48 ` Pavel Machek
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