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____/ Richard Rasker on Tuesday 26 August 2008 20:49 : \____
> http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/08/26/faa.computer.failure/
>
> My oh my, that's awful! Now I wonder what the FAA is relying on as an OS:
>
> http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.faa.gov
>
> Now this is VERY interesting:
>
> Netblock Owner IP address OS Web Server Last
> changed
> Akamai Technologies 88.221.47.130 Linux Microsoft-IIS/6.0
> 17-Jun-2008
> Akamai Technologies 88.221.179.130 Linux Microsoft-IIS/6.0
> 20-Apr-2008
> Akamai Technologies 88.221.179.130 Linux Apache 19-Apr-2008
> Akamai Technologies 88.221.179.130 Linux Microsoft-IIS/6.0
> 17-Apr-2008
> Akamai Technologies 88.221.47.130 Linux Microsoft-IIS/6.0
> 8-Apr-2008
> Akamai Technologies 88.221.179.130 Linux Microsoft-IIS/6.0
> 7-Apr-2008
> Akamai Technologies 88.221.47.130 Linux Microsoft-IIS/6.0
> 25-Mar-2008
>
> So please someone explain to me what is going on here? I'm quite sure that
> Microsoft's crapware is responsible for the trouble -- AGAIN:
>
http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199902832
>
> But howcome that "Linux" is listed as OS?
>
> When will people ever learn that Windows is utter crap, designed to be sold,
> not trusted?
>
> Richard Rasker
Not the first time BTW:
Major Flight Delays Caused By Glitch, Dense Fog
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| AMR Corp.'s American Airlines spokesman Tim Wagner acknowledged the
| computer troubles and said the nation's largest carrier experienced
| about 50 cancellations on the East Coast, with LaGuardia departures
| being hit the hardest.
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http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_159145243.html
FAA is to blame, IIRC.
FAA has already considered moving to GNU/Linux and it's stubbornly rejecting
Vista.
No Windows Vista For Would-Be Air Traffic Controllers
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| The Federal Aviation Administration plans to bar contractors who administer
| the air traffic controllers exam from using Windows Vista-based PCs.
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http://callcenterinfo.tmcnet.com/news/2008/07/11/3541592.htm
FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista And Office For Google And Linux Combo
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| Bowen said he's in talks with the aviation safety agency's main
| hardware supplier, Dell Computer, to determine if it could
| deliver Linux-based computers capable of accessing Google
| Apps through a non-Microsoft browser once the FAA's XP-based
| computers pass their shelf life.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800480
Can Google and Linux Topple Microsoft?
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| The story had a certain flair. In early March, the chief information
| officer of the Federal Aviation Administration, David Bowen, was
| reportedly considering forsaking Microsoft Windows and Office in
| favor of the Linux operating system and the Web-based Google Apps
| Premium office suite.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/57534.html
- --
"There's a lot of Linux out there -- much more than Microsoft generally signals
publicly -- and their customers are using it..." --Paul DeGroot, a Directions
On Microsoft analyst.
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