Oh, they definitely had better options (IMHO) than Windoze -- maybe even
better than Solaris. For an example, go check out QNX -- used in
everything ftom ATMs to cars to hospital life-support equipment. And it
was real-time on an 8088, back in the day...
Corey Clingo
BASF Corp.
"Schouten, Frits JF" <Frits.Schouten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [foxboro] Installing Foxboro IADay0 Ethernet /
problem with Dell P4
Hello list.
Might this explain why people that have established Foxboro systems are
somewhat reluctant to include a (cheap?) Microsoft based OS in their
control
environment? In the end you get what you pay for.
I believe that Foxboro, in an attempt not get a share of the bottom end of
the market, went in bed with Microsoft.
Reading the list messages, that was not such a good idea.
They would have been better off porting Foxboro I/A to Linux.
Imagine a ROM(flash memory) based Linux box that you turn on and goes.
Well
there's an idea.
Cheers,
Frits.
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