"The humour you've seen in this thread is a result of your suggestion that one might run Linux on the 8052."

And asking an ARM question on a forum which even the briefest glance would have told you has nothing to do with the ARM!

If you wish to gain respect on any forum, I suggest you observe the etiquette mentioned here: http://www.8052.com/forum/read.phtml?id=45254

Compared with the flaming on some other forums, I think you got off quite lightly here... ;-)