?? (Aditya) wrote:
Abhijit Bhopatkar wrote:
While true for avionics software, inflight entertainment systems has
no such high bar.
Are you sure?
I once had a chance to interact with one company with works for Boeing.
They worked with them on the main control systems, but the manager
Thirdly, did they reboot it mid-air or on ground?
The topic is around in-flight entertainment.
So it may be OK, even if rebooted mid-air.
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On Monday 24 Dec 2007, ?? (Aditya) wrote:
Desi Penguin wrote:
Thirdly, did they reboot it mid-air or on ground?
The topic is around in-flight entertainment.
So it may be OK, even if rebooted mid-air.
True... but considering the very strict norms followed by the airline
industry I
On Dec 24, 2007 8:46 PM, Arun Khan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do not think strict norms apply to inflight entertainment. The PA
system yes but not entertainment.
Most times that I have flown on international routes, I have noticed
that the in flight entertainment (when available) do not work
On Dec 20, 2007 9:12 AM, ?? (Aditya) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Shantanoo Mahajan wrote:
On 19-Dec-07, at 10:17 PM, Sarang Lakare wrote:
This is interesting: I recently boarded a kingfisher flight and their
onboard entertainment system was rebooting. Guess what, its based on
linux!
On Dec 24, 2007 9:52 AM, Abhijit Bhopatkar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On a related line Singapore airline is also using linux based inflight
systems, and their newest systems let you run openoffice with a usb
keyboard/mouse you can purchase in flight.
While on the topic of Linux in commercial
On a related line Singapore airline is also using linux based
inflight systems, and their newest systems let you run openoffice
with a usb keyboard/mouse you can purchase in flight.
So is Virgin Atlantic from what I recall they developed the app. in
house. Unfortunately, don't have the
Abhijit Bhopatkar wrote:
While true for avionics software, inflight entertainment systems has
no such high bar.
Are you sure?
I once had a chance to interact with one company with works for Boeing.
They worked with them on the main control systems, but the manager there
happened to mention
ಓಂ wrote:
One usually seeks conformance to standards!
There is a (potentially huge) difference in meaning between *confirm*
and *comform*.
Ahh.. spelling mistakes...
I never managed to get a 10/10 in the spelling tests at school
The actual problem lies in the spell check in
On Dec 20, 2007 10:18 AM, ಓಂ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One usually seeks conformance to standards!
Jet Airways has been using GNU/Linux for its in-flight entertainment
systems for a long time. The systems on their 777-300s used for London and
New York flights are really great, with a
Shantanoo Mahajan wrote:
On 19-Dec-07, at 10:17 PM, Sarang Lakare wrote:
This is interesting: I recently boarded a kingfisher flight and their
onboard entertainment system was rebooting. Guess what, its based on
linux! The bad thing was the bootup time was really lengthy ;-). It
had kernel
On Dec 20, 2007 9:12 AM, ?? (Aditya) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All commercial airline softwares have to confirm to a standard
- DO 178B from my previous knowledge only LynxWorks have their
software stack based on linux certified. http://www.lynuxworks.com/
And I am sure, the airline
ಓಂ wrote:
On Dec 20, 2007 9:12 AM, ?? (Aditya) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All commercial airline softwares have to confirm to a standard
- DO 178B from my previous knowledge only LynxWorks have their
software stack based on linux certified. http://www.lynuxworks.com/
And I am sure, the
On Dec 19, 2007 8:47 AM, Sarang Lakare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is interesting: I recently boarded a kingfisher flight and their
onboard entertainment system was rebooting. Guess what, its based on
linux! The bad thing was the bootup time was really lengthy ;-). It
had kernel 2.6.22 I
One usually seeks conformance to standards!
There is a (potentially huge) difference in meaning between *confirm*
and *comform*.
Now it is your turn to google and correct me if I am wrong...
:-)
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