Monthly Archives: December 2005

Why programs fail and get hacked

Posted on December 30, 2005 by yodaiken

“People’s distrust of the high-pressure engines was confirmed when the boiler of a stationary engine exploded at Greenwich on 8 September 1803. It was the usual tale; the boy who had been trained to work the engine went off to … Continue reading →

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Priority Inheritance: Hack or Error

Posted on December 27, 2005 by yodaiken

The subject of priority inheritance has come up again on the Linux kernel mailing list and Torvalds correctly notes “Friends don’t let friends use priority inheritance”. Just don’t do it. If you really need it, your system is broken anyway. … Continue reading →

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Comparing VXworks to RTLinux

Posted on December 16, 2005 by yodaiken

A couple of years ago, one of our salesmen asked us to comment on a comparison between VxWorks and RTLinux performance that had a prospective customer worried. When we tracked down the article, we were dumbfounded that it was being … Continue reading →

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