Messages in this thread |  | | From | Robert Kaiser <> | | Subject | Disk is cheap? | | Date | Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:29:54 +0100 |
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> 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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