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Date:	Mon, 8 May 2000 08:14:30 PST
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: OS/2 as real-time OS ?

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Rollin White wrote:
>
> Peter, as the original requester, do we still ...

Bob Blair said at the last PSIG meeting that OS/2 wasn't a real-time
operating system. I just wanted to find out _why_, and apparently it
mostly has to do with the way you implement your real-time solution.

Gregory W. Smith wrote:
>
> I have notes from some classes and conference presentations
> about adding a real-time layer underneath Linux ...

I'm curious what functionality has to be added to Linux to make it
"real-time", and if the same functionality would also have to be added
to OS/2.

The big question: Does OS/2 have some "weak spots" when used as a
real-time operating system?

I'm personally interested in a nuts-and-bolts comparison between QNX
(which apparently is a "real-time" operating system), Greg's Linux
"real-time" layer, and OS/2. I'd like to know what Greg has learned
(though that doesn't have to be at a PSIG meeting). And if somebody
knows QNX and wants to talk for a few minutes, or if QNX has a local rep
who would like to come by and speak for a few minutes (I'll buy the guy
lunch) ...

Is anybody _else_ interested in this subject?

- Peter

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