Earlier today, I received an anonymous tip via e-mail from someone who claims to "work within the embedded industry". The tip was in response to my earlier message regarding WIND/Navio. Of course, I was thrilled and honored to receive an anonymous tip, and I will post it here for all to read. Hopefully, Dave or Allen can help to explain what it means.
>>>I don't wish to post publicly, but I work within the embedded industry and can shed some light on the Navio / Wind River relationship:<<<
(At this point, the tipster reposted my earlier message, which follows):
>Dave, the following passage about Navio (from HotWired) appears to
>indicate that you were correct to surmise that Navio won't replace
>VxWorks in the NC:
>"The small browser runs on 3 MB to 8 MB of memory, compared to more
>than 8 MB needed for Navigator 3.0. It brings to network-computer users
>the same look, feel, and interface as Navigator. The browser was ported
>to run on a variety of real-time operating systems so that it can
>dynamically cache pages in main memory, instead of caching on a hard
>disk."
>I.e., Navio's a browser, not an operating system.
(Back to the mysterious Mr. Anonymous):
Not entirely true. Navio needed the ability to run both on hardware
with no existing OS as well as on top of other operating systems as
specified by the OEM customer. Navio paid WIND a one-time license fee
to receive source code and redistribution rights to VxWorks for use on
platforms with no OS. Therefore, NCI could theoretically use Navio's
right to redistribute VxWorks at no cost and thus avoid paying WIND a
per-copy royalty. |
