[Info-vax] [OT] Linux use, was: Re: Unix on A DEC Vax?

[Paul Sture]

In article <50fabc31$0$6059$e4fe514c at dreader36.news.xs4all.nl>,
 MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:

> On 19-jan-2013 15:04, Simon Clubley wrote:
> > Linux (at least the kernel) bypassed the desktop for normal users
> > and went straight to their consumer level handheld devices where
> > it has become dominant in just a few short years.
> >
> > The userland tools on those devices however are not the fullblown
> > tools which desktop Linux users are used to, but a restricted
> > version suitable for the devices in question.
> 
> Android is hardly 'regular Linux' and in some areas is hardly as
> open.  Many people don't even realize it's based on Linux.  The
> fact that indeed the userland tools are so stripped down (e.g.
> "busybox") doesn't improve the situation much either...

I gather that there's a lot of fragmentation within Android too.  Here's  
a web site devoted to the subject:

http://www.androidfragmentation.com/

http://www.androidfragmentation.com/about

"The Problem of Fragmentation on Android

Android is open for apps. If you write an app once, it should run on all 
Android devices, in theory. In practise Android application developers 
are facing an increasing fragementation problem caused by different OS 
versions, hardware form factors, OEM specifics, device types (car 
computers, set top boxes, routers, ..), etc. Building apps that run on 
all (or at least most) Android devices is getting extremely difficult 
and expensive, thus the reach of apps is significantly reduced. The 
fragmentation problem is just starting and most certainly it is going to 
grow rapidly as more and more devices, firmware images, device types and 
OS version will enter the market. Fact is that fragmentation is there 
and that will be there always. What can we do about it? Embrace it!"

-- 
Paul Sture