[CrackMonkey] Hey!

[Deirdre Saoirse]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Joakim Ziegler wrote:

> > The cost of BeOS costs significantly less than the memory required to run
> > X and a web browser. In fact, BeOS fits *with a gui AND a web browser* in
> > the space of the Linux kernel.
> 
> As does QNX, and it was designed for this market originally, and has a longer
> track record. So if I were a designer of embedded systems, why would I choose
> BeOS over QNX, then? Oh, and if you want *both* free and
> designed-for-embedded-use, there's always eCos.

BeOS fits in a smaller footprint than QNX too, which requires about 16MB
unless you trim it.

> Not to mention, what *are* the minimum resource requirements for BeOS in an
> embedded environment? 

6MB, which includes a kernel, GUI and web browser.

Last Linux info I heard was 6.5MB to load just a kernel and a few small
utilities, with no GUI.

> > But, I forgot, you work at Helix "just throw it all in there" code. Yeah
> > right.
> 
> Oh look, a former Be employee telling a "platform agonostic as long as our
> software is free" company employee that I'm biased.

No, just inured to code bloat.

Which Be is not.

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