Re: [rtl-advocacy] Re: [rtl] RTAI and RTLinux

[yodaiken@fsmlabs.com]

On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 09:26:24PM +0100, Stuart Hughes wrote:
> yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 07:18:40PM +0100, Stuart Hughes wrote:
> > > yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 03:54:08PM +0100, Stuart Hughes wrote:
> > > > > That's a little unfair.  The fact is that you have received significant
> > > > > funding from Zentropix;
> > > >
> > > > Really?  Did the check get lost in the mail? I did consult for Zentropix
> > > > at one time, but you know very well the circumstances under which that
> > > > ended.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Are you denying that you worked with us and were paid ??
> > 
> > I'd hardly call it significant.
> 
> So now that you acknowledge this, why were you just trying to mislead
> people by saying 'did the check get lost in the mail', it is not nice to
> do this, it is clearly an attempt to slur our company's name.  

I didn't try to mislead anyone. I dispute your characterization of the long
ago Zentropix consulting as "significant funding". 

> > > > >Paolo and Pierre have never received funding.
> > > > > Do you really that these people are lineo pupets ??? if so that really
> > > > > is insulting to them.
> > > >
> > > > Don't put words in my mouth. I never called anyone a puppet.  I don't use
> > > > language like that.
> > >
> > > But you say all posters have been receiving funding from Lineo.  This is
> > 
> > The fact is that all the posters who have sent in abusive posts are either
> > directly receiving money from Lineo or depend on Lineo funding of their
> > projects.
> > 
> 
> Again, this is *not* true.  Where are you getting your information ??? 
> Either produce the information or retract the allegation.

So tell me: Lineo is not funding RTAI development? When Steve worked with 
Pierre, as recounted recently by our friend Paolo, he was doing this
on his own time? If not, then: Pierre and Paolo's projects
depend on Lineo funding, Karim gets funding , ... 

> still maintain that use of the term POSIX (Portable Operating System
> Interface X) does imply portability, this has always been my point.  I

I think you are being mislead by the name. 

> > > The question is what percentage.  In RTL they make up a significant
> > > proportion and so porting to another system would be very tough.
> > 
> > Not tough, impossible. Other systems don't support our programming model. However,
> > pthreads programs that don't use our extensions will be portable. To me it's obvious
> > that if you use a RTLinux specific feature, you won't be portable.
> 
> Great, that is finally what I wanted people to know.  There is
> absolutely no problem with this, it just needs to be clear.

Agreement is not allowed on this list. 

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