Chorus Operating System Open Source

The ChorusOS[tm] operating system is a highly scalable and reliable embedded operating system that has established itself among top telecom suppliers. The ChorusOS operating system is used in public switches and PBXs, as well as within access networks, cross-connect switches, voice-mail systems, cellular base stations, Webphones and cellular telephones.

The ChorusOS operating system is also used in a wide variety of other embedded applications, ranging from printing devices to factory automation.

• Feature:
  Component-based architecture for high configurability

  Benefit:
  Uses a highly-flexible, component-based architecture that allows different services to be configured into the run-time instance of the operating system

• Feature:
  Exceptional scalability

  Benefit:
  Component-based design allows a very high degree of scalability; based on only the micro core executive, typically requires only about 10 Kilobytes of memory to run

• Feature:
  Multiple OS personalities and APIs

  Benefit:
  Can be run simultaneously on a common hardware platform using the ChorusOS operating system in such a way that diverse applications can communicate transparently.

• Feature:
  Inter- Process Communication

  Benefit:
  Allows applications to be distributed across multiple machines; the IPC feature identifies the location of a process (local or remote), and then identifies the shortest path and quickest execution time that can be used to reach it, managing the communication in a way that makes the process location entirely transparent to the application

ChorusOS source code is available under the Sun Public License Lite Version 1.0. Parts of the source code are also subject to the GNU General Public License (GPL), the Mozilla Public License, or the FreeBSD license.

The source distribution contains the source code of the ChorusOS product and the source of its documentation. Readable ChorusOS 5.0 documentation is available at docs.sun.com.

The distribution does not include the GNU cross development system needed to build and debug the system. To download the development system, or for other information related to ChorusOS Open Source distributions, please consult info@jaluna.com.

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