Real-time Linux.
IMO - the next wave after this current wave which is virtualization.
And like virtualization, MS is **years** behind (where's yer
hypervisor?) in this regard. Overhauled the kernel to do Palladium,
what - another overhaul to get RT?
-Gary
Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Linux powers small plane "glass cockpit"
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> | FSMLabs reports that its real-time Linux distribution was
> | used by Blue Mountain Avionics to build an electronic flight
> | information system (EFIS) or "glass cockpit" for
> | experimental aircraft.
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> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7203045347.html
>
> Some months ago:
>
> Linux headed into Boeing anti-sub aircraft
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Boeing has awarded Wind River Systems a contract to embed
> | its version of Linux into a new military aircraft, the
> | company plans to announce Monday along with a new
> | batch of products built around the open-source
> | operating system.
> `----
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6100043.html?part=rss&tag=6100043&subj=news
>
> Linux also drives the entertainment systems in many
> aircrafts. And that's merely a sample of 'airbourne'
> Linux...
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