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Linux Rocks "Embedded World" 2010
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| Embedded computing is not always glamorous. The
| big brands are hardly household names. Yet, 90
| percent or more of the world's computing
| systems are in fact not PCs or servers, but
| instead are embedded devices. That, in turn,
| creates employment opportunities not lost on
| today's computer science students.
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| Thus, on the last day of EW, about 700 students
| were bussed in for "Student Day." With interest
| like that, device computing is likely to keep
| amazing us, and making our lives better, for
| many years to come. Along with an overview of
| exhibiting companies, the students attended a
| lecture on neural networks called "Building
| Brains with Embedded Technology," by Professor
| Matthias Sturm.
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| The Embedded World tradeshow first began in
| 2003. Since then, it has doubled in size. Next
| to the arrival of low-cost 32-bit system-on-
| chip processors, the emergence of Linux and
| open source software as viable embedded
| technologies has certainly contributed to the
| growth not only of this show, but of the device
| computing world overall. Today, whether they
| know it or not, virtually everyone is a Linux
| user.
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http://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/mobile-linux/292341:linux-rocks-qembedded-worldq-2010
Recent:
Big Software has duped us for decades â Part I
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| Big Software Goliaths like Oracle (ORCL),
| Microsoft (MSFT), Sybase (SY) and SAP (SAP) use
| multi-year enterprise license agreements that
| lock you into annual fees that go up, but can
| almost never be reduced. They encourage you to
| make large upfront purchases of software
| licenses by providing significant volume
| discounts. Volume discounts are common in the
| software industry and help you achieve a lower
| price-point on your software licenses and
| annual support fees. However, encouraging you
| to purchase larger quantities than you need
| often leads to âshelfwareâ, i.e., owning a
| whole lot of software you donât use.
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http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/10/23/big-software-has-duped-us-for-decades-part-i/
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