Re: Misleading information on linuxdevices.com

[Jesper Juhl]

On 12/12/05, Manfred Gruber <m.gruber@xxxxxxxxx> 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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