With its stage showing off an automotive pedestrian detection system, Wind River was actually at MWC to make the case for its mission-critical software in mobile networks. Speaking to Prakash Desai, Senior Director Product Management in the firm’s Intelligent Cloud wing, the trip to this point became much clearer. “Let’s start at RTOS (Real-Time Operating Systems). That’s 40 years old, and today, our VxWorks RTOS powers all sorts of mission-critical things, ranging from the Mars Rover to baby incubators in NCUs,” said Desai. “This DNA led us to the telco space, when 5G enabled the disaggregation of hardware and software. This gave us the opportunity to deploy an edge platform for the MNO, which could be consistent, predictable, and ultra-reliable,”…