Disk is cheap?

Robert Kaiser (rob@sysgo.d.redhat.com)
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:29:54 +0100


> 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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