I don't often do this, but I just read a white paper by Benjamin Zores
on the relationship between Android and traditional embedded Linux, that
I thought was quite good.

It's a bit of a subtle advertisement for the Linux Foundation's training courses,
but whether you're interested in that or not, the paper makes some good
points, and I think does a good job of capturing the current pros and cons
of using Android vs. traditional embedded Linux in your product designs.

The paper is available at:
https://training.linuxfoundation.org/free-linux-training/download-training-materials/growth-of-android-in-embedded-systems

Related to this was a panel held at Android Builders Summit a few weeks ago.
This was reported on by Jake Edge in LWN.net at:
http://lwn.net/Articles/539099/

(Sorry if that last bit looks self-serving. I was on the panel, but if you're
interested in this topic, I think the discussion is useful.)

Enjoy.
-- Tim

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Chair, CE Workgroup of the Linux Foundation
Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Network Entertainment
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On 03/19/2013 12:38:28 PM, Tim Bird wrote:

I don't often do this, but I just read a white paper by Benjamin Zores
on the relationship between Android and traditional embedded Linux, that
I thought was quite good.
It's a bit of a subtle advertisement for the Linux Foundation's training courses,
but whether you're interested in that or not, the paper makes some good
points, and I think does a good job of capturing the current pros and cons
of using Android vs. traditional embedded Linux in your product designs.
The paper is available at:
https://training.linuxfoundation.org/free-linux-training/download-training-materials/growth-of-android-in-embedded-systems
Related to this was a panel held at Android Builders Summit a few weeks ago.
This was reported on by Jake Edge in LWN.net at:
http://lwn.net/Articles/539099/
(Sorry if that last bit looks self-serving. I was on the panel, but if you're
interested in this topic, I think the discussion is useful.)

My talk was on this subject too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGmtP5Lg_t0

(What I actually talked about wasn't "what is toybox" but "_why_ is toybox". Not the implementation details but the motivation, why there's a _need_ for a new command line.)

And that's totally self-serving. :)

Rob

On 03/19/2013 09:24 PM, Rob Landley wrote:

On 03/19/2013 12:38:28 PM, Tim Bird wrote:
My talk was on this subject too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGmtP5Lg_t0

(What I actually talked about wasn't "what is toybox" but "_why_ is
toybox". Not the implementation details but the motivation, why there's
a _need_ for a new command line.)

Great talk, Rob!

The first half of this talk should be required viewing for anyone
doing strategic planning for open-source-based consumer electronics
products. I can say that even though I know Sony's competitors are
reading this, because I know most of them won't act on the
ideas presented, for one reason or another.

Good luck with the project. Personally I'd love to see your
vision for toybox succeed. :-)
-- Tim

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Chair, CE Workgroup of the Linux Foundation
Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Network Entertainment
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