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You now, in some sense those early visionaries were beaten by the disruptive innovators of their day. I think the argument here is that 1000 little choices fav

by jjindev 13y ago

You now, in some sense those early visionaries were beaten by the disruptive innovators of their day. I think the argument here is that 1000 little choices favoring incremental advantage in the short term add up to a sub-optimal long term, but I'm not so sure. I have a *NIX machine in my phone. Designers "threw it in there" as the easy path. And it works.

riquito 13y ago
c'mon, "designers threw it in there"? don't you think it was a hard thought choice by skilled engineers?
- jjindev 13y ago
  Just trying to show the Linux kernel as an inexpensive building block in this day and age. One that is used casually, in Raspbery Pi's, in virtualization, etc.
- sp332 13y ago
  Nope, Android is based on Linux because it was available and relatively easy to get going quickly.