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TRON: The Unknown Open-Source?
jordandeamattson writes "Over on CNN there is a very interesting article about Tron, an open-source real-time operating system from Japan first developed and distributed in the early 1980s. The claim is that it is more widely distributed than Windows (in some 3 billion devices world-wide), that the developer (Ken Sakamura, a University professor) would be worth mucho if he had just charged for it, and that Microsoft/U.S. goverment used trade rules (Super 301) to block it adoption by schools in Japan. Check it out for an interesting read and a 'what might have been ...'" (Here's a previous mention of Tron from March about MontaVista's work to combine it with Linux.)
Ok, I know this is offtopic, but here goes: Windows has announced the convergence of three of their product lines: Windows NT, CE, and ME. They're going to call it Windows CEMENT. Guaranteed frozen, all the time.
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Check here. The only reason I know this is because I've seen it discussed on Slashdot before. And I might have gotten it mixed around as well. Anyway U.S. billion is not always the same as a billion in other parts of the world. Silly, right?
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