From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
From: Ozan Yigit <oz@tiger.cs.yorku.ca>
Message-ID: <ycdg0bjvklm.fsf@tiger.cs.yorku.ca>
References: <20010726115552.9FB7619A10@mail.cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] commercial deployment
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:38:11 +0000
Topicbox-Message-UUID: d7046a88-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025

rob@plan9.bell-labs.com (rob pike) writes [on priority inheritence
protocols in response to priority inversion problem]

> An academic solution to an academic problem.

evidently the problem arise independently in other circles, well before
it became famous with the pathfinder/vxworks. moreover any problem that
can lose about $430+ million of US taxpayer money is probably no longer
academic. :)

you are right, the whole mess can and should be avoided [eg. my earlier
refs].

oz