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Is ECoS an operating system?

April 26, 2017ecos operating system

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Is ECoS an operating system?

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ECoS is more than an operating system. It is a set of tools and services that provide a framework that makes it easy to develop powerful applications for intelligent distributed control. By way of analogy, ECoS is to the smart grid what Android is to smart phones. Android provides an open and secure software framework, built on Linux, which provides a set of services and supporting tools to simplify development of smart phone apps. Similarly, ECoS provides an open and secure software framework, built on Linux, which provides a set of services with supporting tools to simplify development of smart grid apps.