Re: OLinuXino, a serious Rasberry Pi competitor?

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From: josephkk
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 20:15

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On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 07:10:28 +1100, Chris Baird
<abuse@brushtail.apana.org.au> wrote:

> David> too little ram
>
>64MB! (and promises it running Android!)
>
>Even a programming language like Haskell, run from the command line,
>needs more core than that. C++ programs can easy need 200MB+ of real RAM
>to compile.

Um, not.  That is the GUI/DE that eats all that RAM.  The actual
functionality is maybe 5 to 10 % of that.  Basic running interactively,
with a file system was done in 16 K on a 6502.  You have heard of
bloatware.
>
>Sell it for $10 GST+shipping.inc, and you might find a market. 
>
> David> Part of the reason is that it is non-profit - it appeals to free
> David> software developers. It will take a lot more to persuade these
> David> people to do the same thing again, only for less exciting
> David> hardware with more limitations, and to benefit a commercial
> David> company that is making these boards for profit.
>
>Exactly.

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