PALO ALTO, Calif. -- These days, embedded Linux for consumers pretty much means TiVo, a Sharp Zaurus handheld, or the wireless LAN gateways you may having running at home. Although EL is not exactly taking IT by storm at the moment -- and because a whole lot of experimental EL products have come and quickly gone -- it is nonetheless establishing its own place in the world. And there are those who firmly believe that EL will play an increasingly important role in gadgets to come.- goto