From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e8e94ddae9fdd27d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-14 06:26:52 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-sjo1.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Crash-Free Software X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 14:26:52 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.215.81.40 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 976804012 216.215.81.40 (Thu, 14 Dec 2000 08:26:52 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 08:26:52 CST Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3132 Date: 2000-12-14T14:26:52+00:00 List-Id: "Beard, Frank" wrote in message news:B6A1A9B09E52D31183ED00A0C9E0888C469953@nctswashxchg.nctswash.navy.mil : > I heard a short sound bite from the project leader. His example for : > research was "truly plug and play device driver". I am not much : > impressed by this statement. : : Being one who is subject to having things taken out of the context in : which I meant them (and I accept that part of the fault lies with me), : I'll take a stab at what he might have meant. : : Maybe he was saying, "Unlike Microsoft Plug-n-play (and play and play) : devices that can crash the operating system, we will have devices on : a robust OS, with robust drivers, that will handle problems, report them, : recover, and continue working". : : Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. No, I think that's correct. It appears that this work is going to be an outgrowth of the CMU EDCS program, particularly the INSERT project. See http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/real-time/insert/ http://www.sei.cmu.edu/community/edcs/CLUSTERS/HA/index.html