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How to do Embedded Linux [not] right
Outlook

Outlook
We will see even more embedded Linux, e.g. Mobile phones
We will see even more restricted devices (Tivo-ization, DRM for code)
which go on _very_ thin ice even with GPLv2
which almost completely remove all freedoms of FOSS
We have some faint dim light at the end of a very far tunnel
e.g. projects like Openmoko, who truly see openness as a feature
e.g. chip makers who slowly open up a bit more
on the PC side, Intel definitely is setting the best overall example
on the Embedded side, I see some movement in major players (TI, Marvell, Samsung, Infineon, ...)


personal git repositories of Harald Welte. Your mileage may vary