From: JamesL@Lugoj.com   
      
   henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer) wrote:   
   > In article <4021121B.2409D0A@mediasec.de>,   
   > Jan C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Vorbr=FCggen?=  wrote:   
   >>...It also seems strange that   
   >>the MER software engineers have so little understanding on exactly how   
   >>the flash file system works that they cannot say with authority whether   
   >>this theory is correct or not.   
   >   
   > VxWorks is *not* an open-source system, so if the docs don't happen to   
   > discuss this issue...   
      
   Clarification: access to the VxWorks source code is available if you pay   
   for it. It seems reasonable to believe that access to the source code would   
   have been purchased. The need for an application developer to have to   
   understand it is another story.   
      
   I've sat through at least two sales pitches from Wind River sales teams at   
   two startups that evaluated RTOSs for their products (these pitches   
   happened several years ago - one company went with LynxOS and the other   
   with WxWorks. The LynxOS was the pre-Linux version for those who know about   
   that RTOS). Wind River salesmen always made sure to mention the Mars   
   Pathfinder mission and how their debugging (and remote upload) tools saved   
   the day. They also charge through the nose relative to other RTOSs.   
      
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