Legacy Support for RTEMS 4.6 Branch
The RTEMS Project follows standard free software practice and maintains the development source as well as the previous two release ranches. Once the 4.8.0 release was made, the 4.6 release branch was closed and no further public releases from the 4.6 branch will be made available by the RTEMS Project. There should be no expectation of support from the open RTEMS Project as its focus moved on to newer releases. However, this does not mean that your project which standardized on a 4.6 RTEMS release cannot continue to receive updates with bug fixes.
OAR has long recognized that real-time embedded systems often have fielded lifespans which often far exceed a decade. We have designed our Legacy Support service to address the needs of these projects. After the public project has closed a release branch, OAR moves that release branch into legacy support mode. Those customers with Legacy Support agreements can report problems with the older software and receive fixes.
OAR Corporation offers Legacy Support for the RTEMS 4.6 Branch so the success of your project is ensured even when you have committed to an older RTEMS release. OAR will back port fixes from later versions of RTEMS and to provide the same types of support you have come to expect from RTEMS Standard Support. For example, the first of the 4.6 legacy releases (4.6.7) addresses over 35 issues identified by users of later RTEMS versions. In addition, improvements in RTEMS testing infrastructure have been backported to the 4.6 Legacy code to improve its testability. Legacy Support for the RTEMS 4.6 Branch includes:
- Access to RTEMS 4.6 Legacy Releases
- Direct Contact with the RTEMS Engineers
- Timely Responses from the RTEMS Engineers
- normally less than 24 hours
- always within 2 business days
- Rapid Problem Response
- solutions as quickly as technically possible
- Technical Assistance with the RTEMS Environment
- Bug Reporting and Patches
- Downloadable RTEMS Documentation
- Covers 4.6 Branch Only
The price of RTEMS Legacy Support for the RTEMS 4.6 Branch is higher than that of Standard Support. However, it is important to remember that when your organization has a fielded product based upon RTEMS 4.6, your customers are depending on you to rapidly fix problems. A support contract can easily pay for itself by saving your engineers time when they are stumped and need a question answered quickly.
Cost: $13,500.00 USD per year for up to 3 engineers. Additional engineers may be added for $4,500.00 USD per year per engineer.
To start your Legacy Support for the RTEMS 4.6 Branch today, fill out this agreement and return it to OAR Corporation with payment.