From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 10 12:25:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92C3B37B401; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:25:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net (conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E746143EB3; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:25:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from pool0397.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.193.142] helo=mindspring.com) by conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17ziw5-0005MH-00; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:25:30 -0700 Message-ID: <3DA5D3E2.B09326DD@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:24:18 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Nelson, Trent ." Cc: 'Ted Faber' , "'hackers@freebsd.org'" , "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: FreeBSD usage in safety-critical environments References: <8F329FEDF58BD411BE5200508B10DA7607D71A15@exchptc1.switch.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Nelson, Trent ." wrote: > Oh, and Terry, I think you'd be astonished if I informed you of how > many rail control systems in the US and around the world use either Linux or > some of the commercial variants such as Tru64 UNIX or Solaris. I rather think they run Solaris. Earlier in my career (late 1980's), I worked on the system that was used for the console for the G.E. Medical Systems NMR's (now called MRI). I also worked on the control system for a blood-gas analyzer. I guess things are different in the U.K.. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message