Re: NicheTask Open Source Operating System

From: Richard (noemail_at_nospamthanks.com)
Date: 02/08/04 

Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 13:00:43 -0000

Despite their use of the FreeRTOS.com domain, and despite their use of the
"word" FreeRTOS on their site, and despite their license being called "the
FreeRTOS open source license", this is NOT FreeRTOS.

FreeRTOS can be found on http://www.FreeRTOS.org

"Free RTOS" <Marketing@FreeRTOS.com> wrote in message
news:s8SdnTpIoZvyiLnd4p2dnA@alink.net...
> This is a one-time announcement of the launch of http://www.FreeRTOS.com
>
> Recognizing that many designs require only a clean, small and flexible
> tasking system, InterNiche Technologies has elected to contribute
> NicheTask to the embedded development community as open source software.
> The royalty-free "C" source code is being made freely available to all
> device developers to speed development of next generation appliances,
> consumer electronics and Internet connected devices.
>
> NicheTask is a round-robin tasking system that contains only control
> logic. The API has been designed so that later the application can
> easily be mapped to more sophisticated embedded operating systems, such
> as µC/OS, without adding any overhead by simply #defining the
> application's tasking calls to the RTOS calls. This means that you can
> start with NicheTask and upgrade or convert to a different RTOS or more
> complex architecture at a later time without having to re-port their
> protocol stack and application code.
>
> Once a task gains control, it runs until it voluntarily blocks. The
> programmer has control over the length of time that a task is allowed to
> run so it will not lock the system. Tasks can be dynamically created,
> with each task having its own stack and control structure.
>
> Key Features:
>
> * Free to acquire, and no royalties.
> * ANSI "C" Source Code.
> * Low memory footprint
> * Portable to any CPU
> * Network protocol stacks available from InterNiche
> * Easy to upgrade to a preemptive RTOS
> * Multiple tasks, limited only by memory availability
>
> http://www.FreeRTOS.com
>