__/ [ Jim ] on Friday 17 March 2006 11:53 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> UK government demands open source for US jet fighter
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>> | The UK Government has told the US that it will cancel its $12bn order
>> | for Joint Strike Fighter unless it is given the complete source code for
>> | the aircraft's computer system.
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/84836/uk-gov-demands-open-source-for-us-jet-fighter.html
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> laffin' my arse off.
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> not so much considering that the system is a RTOS, but then Microsoft
> doesn't do RTOS (are they even capable?). That's a pure UNIX thing.
I think they are trying, but a FUD campaign has not yet begun.
http://www.NOPAGERANKmicrosoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/wce/plan/realtime.mspx
It is odd that Windows CE, as troubled and unstable is it is, was considered
for the task of serving real-time applications. The damn think cannot even
serve personal information management needs without occasionally crashing.
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