Hello EBo, I am not sure how accurate that the time is in that article. I have a machine that is stamped with 1995, and I am quite sure it was shipped with Linux from the factory. I could also be be in error about 1993, it is why I said "about 1993" because I am not sure as to the exact date. There are files on my machine that have timestamps as far back as 3/1993, but it is possible that these files were copied from pre-linux versions. -Neil-
On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Ben Potter <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: EBo [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Dec 27 2015 10:47 AM, Jon Elson wrote: > > > On 12/26/2015 07:59 PM, Neil Whelchel wrote: > >>> Hello Jon, > >>> It is not a retrofit. MyData has used Linux since about 1993 on all > >>> of their machines, > >> > >> WOW, I'd never heard this! > > > I did a little fact checking on the net and could not immediately verify. > If this is truly the case, it is likely one of the oldest (if not oldest) > commercial use of Linux out there (and has a 22 year success rate running > in > > > industrial operations). That would be big PR for both MyData and Linux. > We should verify this and document it on Wikipedia and elsewhere. > > A quick google turns up this link: > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2167?page=0,1 > which indicates 1997 as the changeover date to Linux. Before that they were > using Venix. > > The article could of course be mistaken. There is some interesting stuff in > there on timing with RT vs non-RT operating systems though. > > > I am curious about what they got right and wrong in your opinions. I > have > heard of the project, but never had a need... > > Also curious > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
