Novell to Launch Quick-Response Linux

Krishna Dagli writes to mention a C|Net article about Novell's upcoming real-time Suse Linux Enterprise product. From the article: "Real-time operating systems can respond to external events within a guaranteed time frame, a feature that mainstream business computing doesn't generally require but that's necessary for some areas, such as aircraft radar. But in a move that indicates the flexibility of Linux, Novell plans to begin selling the real-time variant of the open-source operating system next month."

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from the that's-awful-fast dept.

[Anonymous Coward]

from the that's-awful-fast dept.

It could take me a week to respond. As long as I respond within that week and a week is all that's needed, I'm realtime.

Realtime is not about speed, it's about fixed time intervals.