> From: EBo [mailto:[email protected]] > On Dec 27 2015 10:47 AM, Jon Elson wrote: > > On 12/26/2015 07:59 PM, Neil Whelchel wrote: >>> Hello Jon, >>> It is not a retrofit. MyData has used Linux since about 1993 on all >>> of their machines, >> >> WOW, I'd never heard this!
> I did a little fact checking on the net and could not immediately verify. If this is truly the case, it is likely one of the oldest (if not oldest) commercial use of Linux out there (and has a 22 year success rate running in > industrial operations). That would be big PR for both MyData and Linux. We should verify this and document it on Wikipedia and elsewhere. A quick google turns up this link: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2167?page=0,1 which indicates 1997 as the changeover date to Linux. Before that they were using Venix. The article could of course be mistaken. There is some interesting stuff in there on timing with RT vs non-RT operating systems though. > I am curious about what they got right and wrong in your opinions. I have heard of the project, but never had a need... Also curious ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
