Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!texbell!ficc!karl From: karl@ficc.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer) Newsgroups: comp.realtime Subject: Re: How good _is_ LynxOS? Keywords: NASA Unix RT Panic Coredump _Crash_ Message-ID: Date: 2 Feb 90 18:46:33 GMT References: <1990Feb1.075227.9727@axion.bt.co.uk> Reply-To: karl@ficc.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer) Organization: Ferranti International Controls Lines: 8 In article <1990Feb1.075227.9727@axion.bt.co.uk> nkings@axion.bt.co.uk (Nicholas J. Kings) writes: >Does anyone know why LynxOS was chosen by NASA? According to Unix Today, NASA is emphasizing commercial standards, particularly Unix, because it does not want to be locked into proprietary systems that are hard to change as work on the project evolves. As to why they specifically chose LynxOS, I don't know. -- -- uunet!ficc!karl "...as long as there is a Legion of super-Heroes, uunet!sugar!karl all else can surely be made right." -- Sensor Girl