Fun with daft questions

On Apr 16, 9:06 pm, Jim Stewart <jstew...@jkmicro.com> wrote:
> ian.o...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Apr 15, 6:49 pm, "FreeRTOS.org" <noem...@given.com> wrote:
> >> One of the most common I receive - "Can you help me run Linux on my 805=
1",
> >> or more often than not "Can u plz give me source code for Linux on my 8=
051,
> >> waiting your reply. Urgent. Thx".
>
> >> I've just been looking at the search stats for last month on the
> >> FreeRTOS.org site, and believe it or not, the number one search with mo=
re
> >> than 50 entries (so more than once a day!) is "Linux 8051".  I would ho=
pe
> >> that some of these searches were people looking for 8051 tools that wou=
ld
> >> run on a Linux host, but I know most are not.  Who are these people - a=
nd
> >> what products are they working on (I want to make sure I don't buy one)=
.
>
> >> Anybody else like to share some gems?
>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >> Richard.
>
> >> +http://www.FreeRTOS.org&http://www.FreeRTOS.org/shop
> >> 17 official architecture ports, more than 5000 downloads per month.
>
> >> +http://www.SafeRTOS.com
> >> Certified by T=DCV as meeting the requirements for safety related syste=
ms.
>
> > I work on satellite data modems that transmit short data bursts with a
> > data rate
> > less than 10 bytes per second.  I have often received enquiries about
> > sending
> > voice, image and even video data using these devices.
>
> Do your own salespeople ever ask that?

Only once ;-)