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From: jose@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: MINIX VS XINU
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Date: Thu, 29-Jan-87 09:16:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 29 09:16:00 1987
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It is unfortunate that people view XINU as a simple
operating system for educational purposes. It is in fact
a viable alternative for developing software on bare machines.
Unix (TM) and MINIX are not well suited for use in embedded
applications at this time. They are too big and offer
many more facillities than are required. In contrast,
XINU's size and process control facilities make it,
in my opinion, as attractive an alternative for multi
process embedded applications as Ada (TM) or Modula 2.

Jose Oglesby
Intermetrics Inc.