dove@rocket.uucp (Webster &) (08/10/90)
We have used VxWorks here since 1986. We have been very happy with it since it takes care of all low level functions we need (NFS, rlogin, telnet, sched, I/O) it looks (almost) like UNIX (I have often converted hundreds of lines of UNIX C code with only some header changes and the replacement of a few timing related functions like getitimer). Their software support has been great. When I had some problems last year with the VME TCP backplane driver (used to pass TCP/IP to boards across the backplane that lack enet interfaces) I was readily given the source and I sent back my fixes. Unfortunately, there is one area in which I have recently become dissatisfied with Wind River. Perhaps a year or two ago, Wind River lawyers came up with the idea of restricting a development license ($15,000) to a specific "project". While the definition of "project" is not at all clear, the pessimistic view is that any time you start something new you pay an extra $15,000. I find this pessimistic definition unnacceptable in an environment were we frequently get $20,000 jobs to do some experimentatiion. I am trying to come to an accommodation with WRS over this because we love their software, but so far I haven't gotten very far. Web -- Dr. Webster Dove Dr. Webster Dove Experimental Computing Systems ('X') Lockheed Sanders Inc. Signal Processing Center of Technology 144 Daniel Webster Hwy. Lockheed Sanders Inc. Merrimack, NH. 03054 email: (usenet) ...!uunet!rocket!dove (or internet) <rocket!dove@uunet.uu.net>