Misleading information on linuxdevices.com

Misleading information on linuxdevices.com

[Manfred Gruber]

Hi,

as some of you might have noticed, there was an announcement of our
company on http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9959272388.html

The text is misleading as it speaks about a "propietary" kernel, which
is completely wrong.

We run Ingo Molnars rt-preemption patch with modifications for our
custom board done by Thomas Gleixner and us.

The source code is of course available under the GPL. See also the
information on our homepage: 
http://www.contec.at/78+M52087573ab0.0.html

We don't know where in the information chain from the development team
via the marketing team to linuxdevices this happened, but we want to
correct any wrong impression about our company. Sorry.

We want to say thanks to all the developers involved in Linux and the
rt-preemption work.

        Manfred

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Contec Steuerungstechnik & Automation GmbH
Manfred Gruber
Waldeck 1
A-6330 Kufstein
AUSTRIA
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http://www.contec.at/
manfred.gruber@contec.at

phone: 0043 / (0)5372 64121 25
fax: 0043 / (0)5372 64121 20
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Re: Misleading information on linuxdevices.com

[Jesper Juhl]

On 12/12/05, Manfred Gruber <m.gruber@tirol.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as some of you might have noticed, there was an announcement of our
> company on http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9959272388.html
>
> The text is misleading as it speaks about a "propietary" kernel, which
> is completely wrong.
>
Well, your own website also says it proprietary.  Quoting the page you
refer to below:

"Contec are now offering a proprietary adaptation of Real Time Linux
for their successful business card sized ARM-9 CPU Modules."


> We run Ingo Molnars rt-preemption patch with modifications for our
> custom board done by Thomas Gleixner and us.
>
> The source code is of course available under the GPL. See also the
> information on our homepage:
> http://www.contec.at/78+M52087573ab0.0.html
>
Where exactely is the source code? I can't seem to find it...

> We don't know where in the information chain from the development team
> via the marketing team to linuxdevices this happened, but we want to
> correct any wrong impression about our company. Sorry.
>
Perhaps you should start by fixing the text on your own homepage and
provide a prominent link to the source code :)


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Re: Misleading information on linuxdevices.com

[Manfred Gruber]

Hi !

Correct, I have seen it, our mistakes. I was too fast with the last mail, I 
only read the German part. It will be corrected when I am back in the office.

regards and thanks
	manfred   

Am Montag, 12. Dezember 2005 19:21 schrieben Sie:
> On 12/12/05, Manfred Gruber <m.gruber@tirol.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > as some of you might have noticed, there was an announcement of our
> > company on http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9959272388.html
> >
> > The text is misleading as it speaks about a "propietary" kernel, which
> > is completely wrong.
>
> Well, your own website also says it proprietary.  Quoting the page you
> refer to below:
>
> "Contec are now offering a proprietary adaptation of Real Time Linux
> for their successful business card sized ARM-9 CPU Modules."
>
> > We run Ingo Molnars rt-preemption patch with modifications for our
> > custom board done by Thomas Gleixner and us.
> >
> > The source code is of course available under the GPL. See also the
> > information on our homepage:
> > http://www.contec.at/78+M52087573ab0.0.html
>
> Where exactely is the source code? I can't seem to find it...
>
> > We don't know where in the information chain from the development team
> > via the marketing team to linuxdevices this happened, but we want to
> > correct any wrong impression about our company. Sorry.
>
> Perhaps you should start by fixing the text on your own homepage and
> provide a prominent link to the source code :)