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Mission Critical Linux in Trouble

Posted by michael on from the need-a-big-red-hat dept.

Dynedain writes: "ZDNet reports that Mission Critical Linux who specialized in server clustering, is laying off 90% of their work force of 60 after failing to secure a buyer of the company. :("

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  1. mission critical Linux?? why?? by Dr+Kool,+PhD · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If you want to do anything "mission critical"(definition: if your device breaks, people will die) then you DON'T use Linux, or Windows or any other popular operating system. You MIGHT use something like VxWorks but that's only if you are doing something complex. Otherwise you don't use any operating system, you just program a microcontroller.

    If you take apart 90% of the mission critical systems in the world(ie heart monitors, air bag controller, etc) you'll find an 8051 or something similar inside. I don't want to trust my life to a million lines of spagetti code and neither do most people. Maybe this is why the company can't find a buyer??

  2. Re:Maybe... by gmplague · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    *Sees .NET banner on slashdot*
    *becomes angry*
    *angrier*
    Thinks /. just went critical.
    Realizes /. is already dead.
    *sighs*

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