Fwd: Linux in the cockpit

[Alan Dayley]

Be careful about the blurred line here.

Lynuxworks is *not* Linux.  It is a written from scratch, closed source,
hard real-time operating system that is POSIX and Linux *compatible*.  You
can run Linux binaries on it and even run the Linux kernel on it but,
despite the name, it is not Linux.

Read a few of the items just on the main page at
http://www.lynuxworks.com/ to see what I mean.

However, this will get "Linux" applications in the cockpit, probably.  It
will get engineers and software designers using Linux as a development
platform.  And that is good.

I don't see how the Linux kernel will ever get this sort of qualification.
 The Linux development model does not lend itself to the documentation,
paperwork, processes etc. that this sort of certification requires, let
alone the design criteria required to meet it!

Alan

Technomage said:
> well, looks like LINUX has made the important stuff safer!
>
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> Subject: Linux in the cockpit
> From: Lobo <not at here.com>
> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 09:47:40 -0700
> Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy
>
> http://www.lynuxworks.com/corporate/press/2006/rsc-acceptance.php
>
> "LynuxWorks Achieves Historic Embedded Industry Milestone, LynxOS-178
> Becomes First and only Operating System to Receive FAA Reusable
> Software Component (RSC) Acceptance for Safety-Critical Software"
>
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