Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:11:09 +0100 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How "real time" is FreeBSD? Message-ID: <200609211511.10829.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <a05210219c137cf40a13e@[10.0.0.10]> References: <4511E5E6.2020504@averageadmins.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20060920234610.06492910@209.152.117.178> <a05210219c137cf40a13e@[10.0.0.10]>
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On Thursday 21 September 2006 06:12, Walt Pawley wrote: > At 11:47 PM -0500 9/20/06, W. D. wrote: > >Just reading this about Linux on ZDNet and was wondering: > ><http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9593_22-6117479.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zd > >nn> > > Cybernetic floobydust, IMHO. If you read what the banker says: " for each thousandth of a second that its trading software can act faster than competitors' software, the company would see $100 million a year in new revenue." It seems to me that they are really misunderstanding the problem. What they need is a system that's fast most of the time, rather than one that meets an arbitary deadline all the time. In other words they need a fast system, not a realtime system.
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