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Linux and Formula One (ITPro)

Linux and Formula One (ITPro)

Posted May 1, 2008 8:32 UTC (Thu) by amimjf (guest, #506)
In reply to: Linux and Formula One (ITPro) by ncm
Parent article: Linux and Formula One (ITPro)

It is a common ECU, but its not made by Microsoft.

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/4/7577.html


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Linux and Formula One (ITPro)

Posted May 1, 2008 16:03 UTC (Thu) by amurphy (subscriber, #29715) [Link]

The hardware is from McLaren Electronic Systems (MES) and the software is from Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/emea/presscentre/pressreleases/M...

Also, the article read like an ad for SGI.

Linux and Formula One (ITPro)

Posted May 10, 2008 13:41 UTC (Sat) by rev24 (guest, #43165) [Link]

Exactly.
"...push the equations to their limits" - I've never seen the word "equation" in such a
context before. These passages just scream marketing.

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