> With all the recent talk of an Ada "killer app" I was thinking... (I know
> this would not be the popular "killer app" but maybe a micro "killer app"
> for the RT community :).
>
> Ada shines in the real-time/embedded areas (among others) this is where its
> roots are! How about an RTOS (written in Ada of course) designed for
> embedded systems (The popular term is "appliance" I think). I'm sure this
> has come up before... but why hasn't it been done (or has it?).
>
This isn't an RTOS, but if you are interested in working on an OS
in Ada, you could lend your help to this project:
http://www.adapower.com/lab/adaos.html
Chris