I agree - both QNX and Linux should have been pursued before the Windoze
marketing ploy. Now Foxboro has the problem of melding two dissimilar
operating systems in one control network, as well as providing technical
support for both. In the long run, which operating system do you think
will get the most support from Foxboro?
Stan Ruth
Process Control Engineer
Huntsman
"Corey R Clingo"
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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.
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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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