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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. ep by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This early post for Ida! I love you!

    1. Re:ep by Luke+SkyTroller · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yeah, but third posts ain't very impressive and especially when hiding behind anonymity. You might scare her away.

  2. Hate those huge ads in the article pages? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Then why not eliminate them?

  3. linux == dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Linux is DYING

  4. Re:Mission critical page widening posts! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Keep up the good work Klerck.

  5. Re:Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Perhaps you should suck my ass.

    perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.

    perhaps this is a troll.

    perhaps it's insightful.

    perhaps linux sucks my nutzors.

  6. 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??

  7. 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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