On Tue, Jun 12 '01 at 10:59, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Goetz Bock writes:
> > Everything that is not part of the base system (everything you dont need
> > for the base functionality, e.g. the stuff you add using the expandion
> > slot) does not unmake the iPaq an embedded system.
> Must disagree. An embedded system is a system in which the computer
> is entirely incidental to the purpose of the task. One does not use
> an embedded system to write programs, or to "compute". One uses it
> for that which it is designed.
Well, ok, actually I don't care for the exact definition of embedded
(most likely there is none ;-)) but at last the original poster now
got some replys.
BTW: by this definition there is no such thing as an embedded linux ...
Goetz.
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