On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Olin Lathrop wrote:

> > That's all very interesting -- I used to write code like that. But to
> > do it in Salvo takes just one line:
> >
> >         for (;;) OSSched();
> >
> > Time is money ...
>
> I hope you're not seriously suggesting one should run out and buy an RTOS to
> save writing a few tens of lines of code!  Evaluating RTOSs, ordering one,
> installing it, and reading its documentation would take many times longer
> than just writing the code.  Like you said, time is money.  And then you
> have something that you know exactly how it works, and can modify for future
> projects to suit.  All make versus buy decisions don't automatically come up
> "buy" because you want people to buy your product.

I have to agree here.  No comment one way or the other on Salvo or RTOS in
general, but working as I do in corporate America I see far too many
decisions come up "Buy" simply because there is a vendor to blame -- er,
consult - if something goes wrong.  It's a shame to see talented people
doing grunt work because developing something in-house is looked down
upon.  Again, this is NOT a comment on Salvo, since I know nothing at all
about the product.

> I know you say you now program everything using your RTOS.  That only proves
> an RTOS can be used if you really want to.  If you didn't have an RTOS and
> didn't have the bias of trying to profit from one, you would find most
> problems can be solved very well without one.

Hey, when you have a REALLY NICE hammer, more things begin to resemble
nails!  8-)  Heck, I write everyting in C now.  Not exactly the same
thing, but getting close.

Dale
--
A train stops at a train station.  A bus stops at a bus station.
On my desk I have a workstation...

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