Stock Market...

[Warren Togami]

----- Original Message -----
From: "W. Wayne Liauh" <LiauhW001 at hawaii.rr.com>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 6:59 AM
Subject: [luau] Re: Stock Market...

>
> When I said flexibility, I meant flexibility to design specific hardware
> to suit one or more specific purposes.  Embedded or semi-embedded Linux
> will one one of the most important selling points of Linux.
>

You are exactly right.  This is the reason why Sun Microsystems made their
handheld unit for field sales and communication with Linux.  I personally
see many large companies leveraging Linux embedded devices as a competitive
edge, but I don't see a market for consumer Linux PDA's any time soon unless
the software and user interface greatly improves.