On Jan 28, 2008 5:21 AM, Christopher Aillon <caillon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/25/2008 03:21 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > I wouldn't choose Linux to control a spacecraft or a nuclear power > > plant, but I didn't hesitate to chose Linux to control robots in a lab, > > nor do I hesitate to chose Fedora to host "my personal mission's" > > mission-critical data" ;) > > That's just you. Some people[1] think it's okay to let Linux control a > spacecraft[2]. > > [1] http://www.nasa.gov > [2] http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5714800202.html > More than just NASA... a good many satellites from many countries (JP and I think 1 or 2 Euro countries) and some of the planned rovers use linux. Though none of them have been COTS as these articles say. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
