>>>>> "Phil" == Phil Wilshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Phil> Paul Koning wrote:
>> Having been involved in various embedded projects with various
>> RTOSs, I will say this: I will *never* again willingly use any OS
>> for which I cannot get the source. There just is no such thing as
>> portability to all the various kinds of platforms that embedded
>> hardware designers can create. It's absolute foolishness for RTOS
>> vendors to pretend that they can sell binary-only distributions
>> that will work under those conditions. Debugging all the problems
>> you run into is a great way to blow your schedule and miss your
>> market window.
>>
>> That doesn't mean it has to be open source, although RTLinux is an
>> elegant and attractive solution. There are other RTOS products
>> that aren't open source but do include source code in the license.
>>
Phil> Yes but without the collection of experts provided by Real Time
Phil> Linux support can be a joke.
True. On the other hand, if your view of the needed set of RTOS
primitives matches mine ("less is more") that's not so much of an
issue. Also, just because you pay big money for an RTOS doesn't mean
you get competent support -- I don't remember ever hearing a good word
about our RTOS vendor from the team here. For all intents and
purposes we're self-supported as a result.
paul
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