Jim-Ed Browne wrote:
Linux is Unix and Unix is not a real-time OS. BeOS was a lot closer to
a desktop RTOS but Gassee, being French, was technically bright but
stupid businesswise. So we can blame the French here like always.

Actually RTLinux does have a genuine realtime kernal. You have to actually
write code to use the realtime calls, though.

Yeah, I have heard of QNX. Canadian. Same goddamn deal. They're the
same, eh?

QNX again is Unix with some realtime additions, like the old Gould operating
system.

Whazzat? The Kennedys weren't French? ****. Can't blame them for
killing Marilyn then. Oh well, we tried....Hey, she was in Canada when
she filmed Niagara..maybe it was a beef with the Canadian mob!

Isn't the realtime kernal used in the Emulex stuff actually Canadian?
--scott
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