Corey, I agree with you 110% on all counts. Your last statement says it all. It really shouldn't matter which operating system is fastest, more robust, cheaper, more popular, etc. in the eyes of their marketing department. Intelligent users such as we, (hopefully I count as at least semi intelligent) live with these systems year in and year out and should be able to judge what is best for their company and pass that along to a vendor. I also would like to note that of all the desirable operating system possibilities you mention below, all are multi-user Unix based. Probably the prime reason we select them. A move to QNX or Solaris8 for Intel would have likely been better accepted. -----Original Message----- From: Corey R Clingo [mailto:clingoc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 3:05 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] Take an unscientific poll! For a general-purpose OS, that would probably do what you ask of it in the context of your average I/A system, I too would rather be vendor-independent and go open-source...probably one of the BSDs since they seem to change somewhat less than Linux. I like Linux, use it at home and at work, but for a control system, I like the API- and architecture-stability of the BSDs a bit more. For very high robustness and or outstanding real-time performance on the Intel platform, I'd probably run QNX. Single vendor, yes, but they make some truly amazing software. (I too feel that Intel/AMD is now the way to go for commodity workstation/server hardware). As for Foxboro or Not: while I've discovered some nice things about the I/A system, there are too many things about it and about Invensys itself that make me uncomfortable. I probably would not bid Invensys on a new plant. This in no way reflects on the Invensys folks on this list; y'all have generally been great. But alas, your company does not appear to take your (or its customers') advice for its direction. Corey "Lowell, Tim:" <tlowell@xxxxxxxx>@freelists.org on 03/22/2002 02:36:08 PM Please respond to foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent by: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: "'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <foxboro cc: Subject: Re: [foxboro] Take an unscientific poll! Re: Foxboro vs. Non-Foxboro... Well, I was just trying to see what the feeling was on architecture generally, irrespective of automation suppliers. I guess I should have included Linux as a choice instead of Other, but I figured people would be able to figure that out. It's amazing how many people read this. 22 votes already. No ballot box stuffing, anyone!!! Tim Lowell Control Systems Engineer Phillips Petroleum Company, Trainer Refinery Phone: 610-364-8362 Fax: 610-364-8211 tlowell@xxxxxxxx _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave