Plus timeline: the Curiosity software was being written starting in 2005(?) and completed in 2008.[1] WindRiver released its first version of linux in 2005...

Plus timeline: the Curiosity software was being written starting in 2005(?) and completed in 2008.[1] WindRiver released its first version of linux in 2005... and that was its "Platform for Network Equipment", not a suitable candidate for Curiosity's RTOS.[2] It wasn't until 2007 that they acquired FSMLabs and thus acquired an embedded real time linux (RTLinux). [ibid] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Mars_Science_Laboratory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Mars_Science_Labora... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_River_Systems#Wind_River_Linux http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_River_Systems#Wind_River_L...