Realtime Linux Workshop in Vienna

demachina sent us an EE times article about the realtime Linux conference in Vienna. Attendees decided to endorse the Cygnus EL/IX API for Realtime Linux and to start work on kernel patches.

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RTL - Unrefutable proof of Linux's maturity

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This is an extremely important even for linux. Its the chance for Linux to enter the hidden world where computers are in use in huge amounts, and few people are aware - in manufacturing environments. However, for robotic and process control, realtime (hard and soft) operating systems are required (as well as embedded systems, which Linux is also maturing into).

To have a high profile event like this is a CLEAR and STRONG message to traditional competitors that have controlled this field for years. Hilariously enough a large percentage of the machines are running DOS (its small and old and its bugs are
well known), but the rest are generally unix.

Unbelievably a large amount of this is SCO - the unix world's DOS :) There's a large amount of Sun boxes (many old enough to be pre-solaris) as well as HP and QNX, which is a cool ass OS no matter how you slice it. A large number of these are old just for the reason that they work fine and are well tested - but an upgrade is imminent.

What better than getting a system with fully open and free source code? This is almost more important to them than it is to applications users and coders - they need to get into the nitty gritty. Having a viable, stable, popular and open source and $FREE$ real time operating system is
going to catapult linux even further ahead than it already is.

I wonder when the IPOs in this market will start happening. ;)