Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:14:17 -0600
From: Ed Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux zSeries questions
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No wonder we have spy satellites crashing. Mind you are the ones you
are talking about mission critical? Not just entertainment system
runners? I remember seeing MS running similar configs and also have
seen a BSOD on airplane screens. Management is just looking for
cheaper not the best an they get what they pay for.
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I've also seen a BSOD, but not in the passenger area, it right up there
with the pilot. And it was not a comforting thing to know that the other
pilot had a laptop that they would get booted in about 5 minutes. Yes,
the Airline guys fly with a Flight Management Computer (FMC) and
autopilot, but when you have to program in the approach you have just
been given... Its all kinds of fun using a GPS system like I use in GA
aircraft, as a single pilot (you fly, operate the radio and program the
GPS). I'm told an airliner's system is a bit more complicated which is
why the non-flying pilot is a bit busy and focused while doing it. So to
transfer that information from what you see on your screen to what you
need in the FMC...
I know of no laptop that I would trust as a pilot, to provide me with
enroute and approach charts. It gets a little busy up there when you are
in marginal weather (that is, not quite Visual, not really Instrument),
forget 0 - 0 type weather. That's why I stay with paper charts.
And you throw in turbulence and have that laptop impact the floor or the
ceiling, and life could get real ugly with a broken screen, or a dead
drive, or a cracked M/B, etc.
There's a D/R situation that's just waiting to happen.
Regards,
Steve Thompson
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