You got to be kidding Jarrett :) Have you not heard of EMC?
http://www.linuxcnc.org/
A major world wide effort.

Paul Lamar

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Why won't EMC run on Windows?

  1. EMC runs in real-time, to give smooth motion. This is critical to accuracy
and machine life. Hard real-time is not available on Windows in a price range
many can afford... especially those interested in using a PC-based control.

  2. EMC is intended to control machine tools. Machine tools are DANGEROUS and reliability/consistent behavior is extremely important. Compared to Windows,
few viruses affect Linux. Even without consideration of viruses, Linux is
far more stable.

Paul Lamar

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