On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 09:13 +1100, Stephen Mednick wrote: > As the screen was re-booting in front of me I could see all these LINUX > messages > pop-up. When he came back to my seat to check if everything was ok I commented > about the usage of LINUX. He said that they're using the free downloadable > version of LINUX to drive the onboard flight entertainment system and that > they > had a huge onboard storage array to handle the entertainment system for the > 400+ > passengers onboard. I didn't dare want to know if it was the free LINUX that > was > also managing the flight control systems for the A380 itself!!
A Redhat derivative (hopefully not Red Flag to ease Steves paranoia index) running on VIA hardware. A few other airlines are running it - or planning to. Entertainment system only. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
