The Android OS is already available as an all-in-one desktop computer powered by System on a Chip circuitry. So how much potential is there for Android-powered gadgets to sprout in devices as the Internet of Things gathers steam?
Google took Linux and made a special-use case from it. They did not make a Linux distro, which requires continual work.
There will always be real, honest-to-God nerd wannabe engineers who don't understand that the essence of engineering is simplicity: one REMOVES everything possible when implementing a design.
Android was never meant to be an embedded general-purpose operating system; but rather a special-purpose, CONSUMER-ORIENTED operating system which Google can tweak once every year or so, and then basically just forget about. Sweet deal, huh?
A real operating system, Linux or no, is NOT a low-maintenance operation.
The answer: NO; HELL NO! Embedded Linux is in no danger of being replaced by Android, no matter how hard the wannabe engineers work at embedding Android devices into projects they won't be able to maintain.
Go get yourself a Raspberry Pi. It' only $35, and you just MIGHT learn some real Linux.
Android already IS an embedded Linux application, VERY tailored to perform a specific set of tasks.
Do you want the grief of FORCING an "already-designed-for-one-application" embedded application, to fit YOUR SPECIFIC, different embedded application?
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Can Android Challenge Embedded Linux?
Posted by: Jack M. Germain January 21, 2014 11:10 AMThe Android OS is already available as an all-in-one desktop computer powered by System on a Chip circuitry. So how much potential is there for Android-powered gadgets to sprout in devices as the Internet of Things gathers steam?
There will always be real, honest-to-God nerd wannabe engineers who don't understand that the essence of engineering is simplicity: one REMOVES everything possible when implementing a design.
Android was never meant to be an embedded general-purpose operating system; but rather a special-purpose, CONSUMER-ORIENTED operating system which Google can tweak once every year or so, and then basically just forget about. Sweet deal, huh?
A real operating system, Linux or no, is NOT a low-maintenance operation.
The answer: NO; HELL NO! Embedded Linux is in no danger of being replaced by Android, no matter how hard the wannabe engineers work at embedding Android devices into projects they won't be able to maintain.
Go get yourself a Raspberry Pi. It' only $35, and you just MIGHT learn some real Linux.
Android already IS an embedded Linux application, VERY tailored to perform a specific set of tasks.
Do you want the grief of FORCING an "already-designed-for-one-application" embedded application, to fit YOUR SPECIFIC, different embedded application?