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Feuer Frei!

05-12-13 08:27 AM

NASA ditches Windows in favour of Linux

Take that, Microsoft!

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The United Space Alliance, which manages the computers aboard the International Space Station in association with NASA, has announced that the Windows XP computers aboard the ISS have been switched to Linux. “We migrated key functions from Windows to Linux because we needed an operating system that was stable and reliable.”

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vienna

05-12-13 06:33 PM

Hmm...I wonder why they didn't use that far superior Apple OS?... :)

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em2nought

05-12-13 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by vienna (Post 2055728)

Hmm...I wonder why they didn't use that far superior Apple OS?... :)

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Times are tough, might have to scale back to launching Estes. :D

vienna

05-12-13 08:07 PM

Actually, given the relatively little funding NASA gets, I'm surprised they're not running on a TR-80...

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Reece

05-12-13 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by vienna (Post 2055756)

Actually, given the relatively little funding NASA gets, I'm surprised they're not running on a TR-80...

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TRS-80:yep:

vienna

05-12-13 09:10 PM

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TRS-80:yep:

Noted. It's been so long, I've kind of forgotten the full name. BTW, I actually have one of the first 'portable' personal computers, known as the Compaq 'luggable". Damn thing weighs about 30 pounds or so. It will still fire up, if I can find the 5.5" DOS floppies...

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razark

05-12-13 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Reece (Post 2055764)

TRS-80

Nope. Just a TR-80.

(We're passing the hat to see if we can get enough for the "S".)

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