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Novell to Launch Quick-Response Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-awful-fast dept.

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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  1. Re:That's nothing.. by spacepimp · · Score: 0, Troll

    this is cut n' paste from the BSDnexus forums, from about 15 months ago. i looked around for the industry watchdog mark baron and found nothing but this to reference him. i thought the myth of the smelly hippy coding in his mothers basement had been dispelled. although i bet richard m stallman does put out a mean odor.

  2. *shudder* by Schraegstrichpunkt · · Score: 0, Troll
    ... such as aircraft radar

    Linux is good and all, but would you really trust it for critical safety systems? Why not use something that's actually designed for that purpose?

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