From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 19:40:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 19:39:52 -0400 Received: from bs1.dnx.de ([213.252.143.130]:61098 "EHLO bs1.dnx.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 19:39:48 -0400 Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 00:47:11 +0200 From: Robert Schwebel To: Karim Yaghmour Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)] Message-ID: <20020526004710.A598@schwebel.de> In-Reply-To: <20020524223950.D22643@work.bitmover.com> <20020525091444.H28795@work.bitmover.com> <3CEFB9C6.FC21D7CB@opersys.com> <20020525092557.K28795@work.bitmover.com> <3CEFBEA3.71611EDB@opersys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.16i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 12:41:07PM -0400, Karim Yaghmour wrote: > Developers will simply not come out in the cold and say we chose OS xyz > instead of Linux because of the rtlinux issues. But talk to them in > private and then you get an entirely different picture. That's also my experience: - I have been on all major automation trade shows in Germany for about 5 years - I am the author of one of the two German books about Embedded Linux and of lots of articles about Linux for automation - I have organized the largest developer conference in Germany about "Linux for industrial applications" During all that activities I have talked to hundrets of people who are either already working with Linux or considering it's use. What Karim says here does exactly reflect the mood of the people. Robert -- +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Dipl.-Ing. Robert Schwebel | http://www.pengutronix.de | | Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry | | Braunschweiger Str. 79, 31134 Hildesheim, Germany | | Phone: +49-5121-28619-0 | Fax: +49-5121-28619-4 | +--------------------------------------------------------+