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TRON + Linux = "T-Linux"

Posted by timothy on from the gudgilla dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The T-Engine Forum and MontaVista Software announced today that they are collaborating to combine the long-dominant Japanese embedded operating system, TRON ("The Real-time Operating system Nucleus"), with embedded Linux, in the hopes of creating a standardized software architecture for embedded devices that takes advantage of open source software and the benefits of Linux."

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  1. MCP! by Traicovn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Personally, I think that if we have a 'tron' linux that somewhere they better make something named 'MCP'. Maybe root should be replaced with the loggin MCP.... heheheh...

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    [Something witty and intelligent should have appeared here.]
    {Traicovn}
  2. Re:question by zbik · · Score: 5, Informative

    TRON is more of an OS specificication than an OS; many vendors implement the TRON API in their RTOS, and many applications (in Japan) are developed for it. This project could be cool because it would enable companies to adopt Linux while maintaining compatibility with their legacy embedded apps -- provided this does not become a proprietary MontaVista technology. The benefit of Linux is the massive amount of hardware it will run on, and the all the development tools & libraries available.


    Redhat's eCos already supports uITRON (Micro Industrial TRON, the most popular flavor) through a compatibility layer.