On Dec 27 2015 4:17 PM, Ben Potter wrote: >> 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.
1995/7 sounds a lot more realistic. I ported a major project to Linux in 1995 and remember the state of Linux at that time. RTLinux was available around 1997, and I think there was some experimental versions out before then. I also remember getting hit with the 3c503 going the way of the Dodo... Also... "The MYDATA pick-and-place software consists of 8,000 files and 150MB of source code." I would NOT call that a light weight system. > 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 This article seems to verify many of the details... Interesting... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
