[time-nuts] FreeBSD, NetBSD, or Minix-III?

[Bob Paddock]

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Chuck Harris <cfharris at erols.com> wrote:
> Bob Paddock wrote:
>
>> Anyone ever look at Minix-III (Minix-I was the progenitor to Linux)?
>> Seems like it would be easy to make a decent time server, on
>> embedded hardware with it.  Past iterations of the Minix-III website
>> gave a "watch" as an example small embedded system it was meant to
>> power.

> Why do you think Minix-III would be a good candidate for a time server?

Minix-III is based on the microkernel approach of keeping things small and fast.
Take a look at the web site.  http://www.minix3.org/

> A "watch" isn't exactly a challenge to an operating system.

True.  The challenge is putting the OS *in* the Watch,
as the Embedded System that runs it.