Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 23:10:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 23:10:48 -0500 Received: from mail.webmaster.com ([216.152.64.131]:50923 "EHLO shell.webmaster.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 23:10:47 -0500 From: David Schwartz To: CC: Linux kernel list X-Mailer: PocoMail 2.63 (1077) - Licensed Version Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 20:19:32 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20030112033325.GA14644@mark.mielke.cc> Subject: Re: Nvidia and its choice to read the GPL "differently" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-ID: <20030112041934.AAA18620@shell.webmaster.com@whenever> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1114 Lines: 30 On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 22:33:25 -0500, Mark Mielke wrote: >Why do I doubt the calibre of vxWorks? People I trust who work on RT >systems >have told me that in many cases, products with RT requirements can >perform >better on Linux, than on vxWorks. (Better meaning managing a higher >capacity without significant side effects) This is an atrocious way to compare a real-time operating system to a non-real-time operating system. One would expect that real-time's benefits also come at a cost, otherwise all operating systems would be real-time operating systems. Perhaps Linux can handle more web clients than vxWorks, but can Linux guarantee that if the temperature in the core coolant exceeds 350 degrees, the secondary pump circuit will be activated within 13 milliseconds? A cheap hammer can drive in more nails than a top of the line screwdriver. DS - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/