[Info-vax] [OT] Bare metal definition, was: Re: VMS port to x86

[Bob Koehler]

In article <jkqkjv$p1i$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
> 
> But Linux runs on "bare metal". And if that part is builtin in whatever
> the developer calles "the product", then what ? Doesn't "the product" then
> run on "bare metal"? Yes, one component of "the product" is some parts
> usualy called "Linux", but so what ? Why should the customer/user care ?

   Because the Linux kernel can't handle some of the hard real-time
   applications that the user might have.