Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!uvaarpa!polaris.cv.nrao.edu!polaris.cv.nrao.edu!dwells From: dwells@fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) Newsgroups: comp.realtime Subject: Re: Embedded Systems Programming Message-ID: Date: 11 May 91 01:15:09 GMT References: <19104@csli.Stanford.EDU> <1252@telesoft.com> Sender: news@polaris.cv.nrao.edu (News Manager) Distribution: comp Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA Lines: 28 In-Reply-To: bruceb@telesoft.com's message of 9 May 91 21: 54:52 GMT In article <1252@telesoft.com> bruceb@telesoft.com (Bruce Bergman @nova) writes: ... On a more personal note, I'd love to hear from anyone out there in this newsgroup about how they thing we're doing. ... is something you'd like to see us cover that we haven't, please speak up... I paid for my ESP subscription with personal funds when the magazine first started, and I have continued the subscription, so you know that I basically approve of it. However, I do have a criticism. ESP concentrates almost exclusively on "embedded" systems, not "realtime" systems in general. Even in the context of embedded systems, ESP concentrates almost exclusively on isolated, standalone systems. I.e., the words "network" and "distributed" almost never appear in ESP. This omission misrepresents the state-of-the-art. The RT systems which NRAO has constructed in recent years all utilize network services heavily, and level of network support was a critical factor in our selection of which RT OS to procure. Only in some of the advertisements in ESP do you see a hint of these facts... -- Donald C. Wells Associate Scientist dwells@nrao.edu National Radio Astronomy Observatory +1-804-296-0277 Edgemont Road Fax= +1-804-296-0278 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2475 USA 78:31.1W, 38:02.2N