Neil, Fair enough either way. This should have been heralded as one of the early Linux industrial successes, and I had never heard of it. Wish I had before, and glad I know of it now. Thanks for the info! Even if it was from 1995/7 it is still be a great story,.
EBo -- On Dec 27 2015 11:15 PM, Neil Whelchel wrote: > Hello EBo, > I am not sure how accurate that the time is in that article. I have a > machine that is stamped with 1995, and I am quite sure it was shipped > with > Linux from the factory. I could also be be in error about 1993, it is > why I > said "about 1993" because I am not sure as to the exact date. There > are > files on my machine that have timestamps as far back as 3/1993, but > it is > possible that these files were copied from pre-linux versions. > -Neil- > > > On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Ben Potter <b...@bpuk.org> wrote: > >> > From: EBo [mailto:e...@sandien.com] >> > 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 >> Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
