Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!vsi1!altnet!uunet!mcvax!ukc!etive!hwcs!hwee!wortley From: wortley@hwee.UUCP (Tim Wortley) Newsgroups: comp.os.os9 Subject: Re: os9 and Unix Message-ID: <421@hwee.UUCP> Date: 11 Oct 88 10:58:31 GMT References: <709@umbio.MIAMI.EDU> Reply-To: wortley@hwee (Tim Wortley) Organization: Heriot-Watt University, Electrical Eng. Lines: 23 In article <709@umbio.MIAMI.EDU> dnelson@umbio.MIAMI.EDU (Dru Nelson) writes: >I have noticed that very few people look at os9 as much as they >should. Why isn't it that more companies and computer manufacturers use os9? >Is there some major deficiency in this operating system that is >present that causes more people to choose unix?? (other than the I don't know wether you know of anyone within the "real-time" computing industry, but I think you will find that at present OS9 is used mostly by companies producing microprocessor controlled equipment, eg digital servo motor control, to name one I am familiar with. The great benifits of OS9 in target systems ( eg single-PCB micro-computer mounted along side high power servo drive amplifiers ) is that the system does not need to be disc based, i.e. totally romable, in the microware jargon. All application programs can be stored in rom, and actual ram required is a minimum, you compared that to the simplest UN*X system. I think it will just take time for this to spread to the home market. ttfn Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Wortley UUCP: !uunet!mcvax!ukc!hwee!wortley Elec Eng 4 ARPA: wortley@ee.hw.ac.uk Heriot-Watt University JANET: wortley@uk.ac.hw.ee Edinburgh, Scotland, UK