From:	 Bill Krauss <bkrauss@mediaone.net>
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Subject: FSMLabs announces netBSD component for RTLinux
Date:	 Thu, 19 Apr 2001 12:12:41 -0600

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



(April 19, 2001; Socorro NM) FSMLabs, the RTLinux[tm] Company, 
announced today that its RTLinux operating system is now available 
with a NetBSD component. RTLinux is a high speed, efficient and small 
realtime kernel based on the POSIX 10003.13 PS51 specification. Using 
a patented dual-kernel design, RTLinux runs a general purpose OS as 
the lowest priority thread of the realtime kernel. As a result, 
realtime software components run in a predictable low latency 
environment. At the same time, developers still have access to the 
full power of the general purpose OS, including its applications and 
development tools. This greatly improves development efficiency and 
time-to-market for realtime applications. While standard RTLinux uses 
Linux as its general purpose OS, RTL/BSD uses NetBSD, providing the 
identical POSIX threads API and many of the same development tools. 
FSMLabs customers in instrumentation, communications, factory 
automation and other areas now have the option of working with the 
BSD OS. FSMLabs Principal Engineer Michael Barabanov stated that 
"RTLinux applications can transparently make use of either Linux or 
BSD. We are very happy to be able to be able to give customers this 
additional choice."

RTLinux on BSD is available now from FSMLabs and is provided with 
source code, under a binary distribution license.

About FSMLabs Inc.

FSMLabs was founded by the creators of RTLinux, with the goal of 
turning it into an industrial strength product, and to develop 
related software and provide engineering services and support. In the 
belief that realtime and embedded systems should reduce complexity 
and unpredictability, not increase them, the company pursues 
solutions characterized by simplicity, robustness and precise design. 
FSMLabs has engineering staff and technology partners worldwide. For 
RTLinux on BSD information on pricing, ordering, licensing and 
technology contact business@fsmlabs.com.

About NetBSD.

The NetBSD Project is an international collaborative effort of a 
large group of people who have come together to produce NetBSD, a 
freely available and redistributable UNIX-like operating system. The 
entire kernel and the core of the userland utilities are shipped 
under the BSD licence. This allows companies to develop products 
based on NetBSD without the requirement to make changes public (as 
with the GPL). The NetBSD Project encourages companies and 
individuals to feed back changes to the tree, though they respect the 
right of individuals to make that decision themselves. For more 
information about NetBSD, see www.netbsd.org.


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Bill Krauss            mailto:krauss@fsmlabs.com
Finite State Machine Labs: The RTLinux Company.
www.fsmlabs.com  www.rtlinux.com