No, I didn't the phrase first.
A VMware engineer who helped me in
running a version of BTRON-specfication desktop OS (mentioned in the above post) inside VMware running under x86 Linux used the phrase during e-mail exchange as in "an off beat OS like this one helps us in locating dormant bugs."
Seriously, since TRON project produced many results (not only OS,)
a broader category name may be necessary.
"Less known computing platform" might
fit the bill.
"Road less travelled" may also fit the bill since someone else's post mentioned
Zen (and motorcycle maintenance, anyone?).
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> Actual uses of ITRON
Toyota cars: fuel injection system.
Many digital cameras including Video camera from Japanese vendors.
example: Panasonic NV-GS150.
Probably more than 90% of mobile phones used for NTT DoCoMo (large mobile phone carrier) service.
Many automobile audio/audio equipment
e.g. Toyota GBOOK-compatible DVD
voice navigation system.
Printers/FAX machines/Copiers
One problem associated with the tracking of the use of ITRON-specification OS
is the fact that anyone can use the spec itself to prepare a conforming OS and can use it for free and not even bother to put "ITRON inside" label.
I think the readers following this particular sub-thread may benefit from
looking at "CJKV Information Processing:
Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing"
By Ken Lunde
(First Edition January 1999 )
ISBN: 1-56592-224-7
1128 pages, $69.95 US, $108.95 CA, £49.95 UK
from O'Reilly.
This book illustrates the basic issues that people handling these languages on computers. Unicode "problems" are discussed as well.
TRON character code set is also explained therein.
I am not sure what pages of Sakamura"s are referred to here, but they sure don't sound like quite right.
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"Off beat OS" category might fit the needs :-)
No, I didn't the phrase first. A VMware engineer who helped me in running a version of BTRON-specfication desktop OS (mentioned in the above post) inside VMware running under x86 Linux used the phrase during e-mail exchange as in "an off beat OS like this one helps us in locating dormant bugs."
Seriously, since TRON project produced many results (not only OS,) a broader category name may be necessary.
"Less known computing platform" might fit the bill. "Road less travelled" may also fit the bill since someone else's post mentioned Zen (and motorcycle maintenance, anyone?).
See the following URL for Toyota's GBOOK-compatible navigation system:
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/special/gbook/index.htm l
Toyota cars: fuel injection system.
Many digital cameras including Video camera from Japanese vendors.
example: Panasonic NV-GS150.
Probably more than 90% of mobile phones used for NTT DoCoMo (large mobile phone carrier) service.
Many automobile audio/audio equipment e.g. Toyota GBOOK-compatible DVD voice navigation system.
Printers /FAX machines /Copiers
One problem associated with the tracking of the use of ITRON-specification OS is the fact that anyone can use the spec itself to prepare a conforming OS and can use it for free and not even bother to put "ITRON inside" label.
>(actual uses of iTron I mean)? TOYOTA cars : fuel injection control system software and such.
I think the readers following this particular sub-thread may benefit from looking at "CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing" By Ken Lunde (First Edition January 1999 ) ISBN: 1-56592-224-7 1128 pages, $69.95 US, $108.95 CA, £49.95 UK from O'Reilly.
This book illustrates the basic issues that people handling these languages on computers. Unicode "problems" are discussed as well.
TRON character code set is also explained therein.
I am not sure what pages of Sakamura"s are referred to here, but they sure don't sound like quite right.