__/ [ Ramon F Herrera ] on Tuesday 19 December 2006 02:07 \__
>
> Philip wrote:
>> I was watching the space walks today and noticed the redhat-gnome
>> display of the robot arm simulation display.
>>
>> Philip
>
> NASA has been one of the earliest supporters of Linux. A while back
> 3Com (the company that invented Ethernet) didn't included Linux drivers
> with their cards, but they provided a link to the authors of the Linux
> driver, at NASA.
>
> There is a general rule: in any business, organization, university,
> etc. where you have bright people you will find that they use
> Unix/Linux while any shop where they hire people whose main skill is
> moving a mouse around (Mickey Mouse Community College material) they
> will tend to use Windows.
>
> The biggest lie of Balmer & Gates is that you can turn any retarded
> person into a competent system administrator "because Windows is so
> easy to use, you don't even need a brain!".
NASA robots run Linux too. You can't just remotely reboot some land vehicle
that BSoD'ed on Mars...
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