The IBM Java Technology Center and Linux Technology Center, Red Hat and the
open source Linux community collaborated with Raytheon to create a new real-time Java and real-time Linux environment
...
This implementation can be leveraged throughout the Navy. To ensure long
term viability and broad industry acceptance the initiative used widely accepted
standards as the basis for these product improvements. IBM WebSphere Real-Time Java product implementation is compliant with the Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ) and the real-time extensions to Linux are conformant with the
Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) standard.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21033.wss
Didn't the parties involved in this decision read the papers?
After reading all about the flagship product launch from Redmond I assumed with all of those Vista licensing and packaging options there has to be one that could run a Naval destroyer?
The win here is for open standards and the long term benefits that can they can promise.
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