Seth Cohn wrote:
> It's not running Linux, but I'm not convinced
> that running Linux on a handheld is so hot right
> now... speed and ram are huge issues, and so far,
> I'm not impressed with the results.
Jim Gettys is:
an architect of the Linux on iPAQ project,
one of the two inventors (with Bob Schieffler) of
the X Window System,
an old friend of mine from college.
I ran into him at LinuxWorld '00. After the usual round of "where are
they now", he showed me his Bitsy (iPAQ precursor). He said something
like, "Sure it has enough RAM. It has 32 megs. We wrote X on VAX
750s with 4 megs. 32 meg is <ironic>more menory than you can ever
use</ironic>." The StrongARM CPU is significantly faster, too.
Fer you younguns, a VAX 750 was about the size of a washer/dryer.
It travelled by forklift, and did not come with a leather pouch.
--
Bob Miller K<bob>
kbobsoft software consulting
http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
