nkings@axion.bt.co.uk (Nicholas J. Kings) (02/01/90)
Does anyone know why LynxOS was chosen by NASA? Nick@TheEndOfTime "Life is tough, then you die"
karl@ficc.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer) (02/03/90)
In article <1990Feb1.075227.9727@axion.bt.co.uk> nkings@axion.bt.co.uk (Nicholas J. Kings) writes: >Does anyone know why LynxOS was chosen by NASA? According to Unix Today, NASA is emphasizing commercial standards, particularly Unix, because it does not want to be locked into proprietary systems that are hard to change as work on the project evolves. As to why they specifically chose LynxOS, I don't know. -- -- uunet!ficc!karl "...as long as there is a Legion of super-Heroes, uunet!sugar!karl all else can surely be made right." -- Sensor Girl
wvp@aplpy.jhuapl.edu (Wilfredo V. Perez) (02/03/90)
nkings@axion.bt.co.uk (Nicholas J. Kings) writes: >Does anyone know why LynxOS was chosen by NASA? Actually, it was selected by IBM that is the contractor for NASA. I don't know why, but undestand that Lynx rewrote UNIX from ground zero in order to make it real-time OS (instead of modifying it). Wil