Re:Blackdog... Whats the point? (Score 1)

http://dogpound.projectblackdog.com/forum/forum.ph p?thread_id=14&forum_id=1 is the active link. Obviously I don't know much about these types of things, but I do have some observations from my experience that might lend themselves to your questsions. I'm interested to hear how some interestingly compiled programs from a memory stick would work in both Linux and Windows (like the blackdog does). What OS can you plug the gumstix into and interact with it? ahhhhh. None? After looking at your post, I think you have a point. There really isn't a comparison between the BD and Gumstix. Gumstix is a science project. No one will carry any types of settings or other items with them on it. On the other hand, the BD was built as a development platform to enable just that. You can carry your email, settings and other data with you and keep it safely separate from the system you plug it into without having to be administrator or do any crazy configurations. So I hope you're satisfied that you might be right. The Gumstix has a strong use in robotics, while the BD might not have a strong use there, there are after only a couple of months almost 500 developers who have captured the dream of carrying my settings, programs and data with me and being able to plug it into any system.