Re: Commercial Linux/MIPS...

ralf@uni-koblenz.de
Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:20:10 +0100


On Tue, Feb 10, 1998 at 10:49:36PM -0800, Timothy Stonis wrote:

> Just wanted to let you all know that Cobalt has officially announced
> it's Qube product which is based on Linux/MIPS. There's some information
> on the product at out website: http://www.cobaltmicro.com/.
>
> We've been running our mail and website off our product for quite a
> while now without a hitch.
>
> We'll be shipping a developer version of the product at a rather
> agressive price point, which offers essentially a turnkey headless Linux
> box in a cute little package. The install is basically a Redhat one.
>
> And you'll be happy to know that much of the kernel work was done by the
> infamous Ralf...

Infamous?!? What??? Me?!?

> Please feel free to forward me any questions you might have. Of course,
> what would a bunch of hackers do with a box like that? :-)

There is going to be more commercial Linux/MIPS rsn. Linux will control
NMR systems, including medical systems and systems for long time measurements
where failure is no option. In those systems Linux will be the successor
of a modified Risc/OS 4.51 version. Stay tuned for details ...

Ralf

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