The Complex Crux Of Wireless Warfare
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| Boeing and the Army said they chose not to use Microsoft's proprietary
| software because they didn't want to be beholden to the company. Instead,
| they chose to develop a Linux-based operating system based on publicly
| available code.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/23/AR2008012303695.html
It also says that Microsoft declined to comment on this, which is always
hilarious. Another apparent win for Linux:
Supercomputer travels back in time to predict climate future
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| Peter Ungaro, Cray's president and CEO, said that before researchers buy
| larger systems of that sort, they are forming groups "to build applications
| for next-generation machines."
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;298565835;pp;1;taxid;7
Quote for the day:
"Windows 98 without Internet Explorer 4 is a working operation system and
Internet Explorer 4.0 is not an vital part of Windows 98."
--Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Related:
Boeing 777 - The Linux Penguin Lives
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| Interesting how much Linux has made in roads into our lives. It
| seems that some of the aairlines who use the Boeing 777 are using
| Linux as their entertainment center.
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http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/2007/05/18/boeing-777-the-linux-penguin-lives/
http://tinyurl.com/2hwrgu
Real-time Linux helps design military cargo plane
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| Airbus reportedly tapped real-time Linux in designing its A400M
| military transport plane, set to ship this year. Concurrent said
| it supplied the German airplane manufacturer with real-time
| Linux-based systems used for hardware-in-loop (HIL) simulation
| test stands used to perfect the A400M's "high-lift control computers."
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2280514361.html
Demo features POSIX-compliant separation kernel, Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| LynuxWorks says its simulated aircraft demo for EAC shows a pair
| of applications running on a Linux guest OS, alongside a secure
| application running on top of LynxSecure. The demo will show that
| failure of the guest Linux OS does not impair operation of the
| LynxSecure application, the company says.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3915085266.html
Linux headed into Boeing anti-sub aircraft
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| Boeing has awarded Wind River Systems a contract to embed its version
| of Linux into a new military aircraft, the company plans to announce
| Monday along with a new batch of products built around the
| open-source operating system.
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http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6100043.html?part=rss&tag=6100043&subj=news
Over 30s VAX, Linux breeds Boeing's new jets
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| Hawker de Havilland, the local arm of aircraft engineering giant Boeing,
| will retire its 30-year-old VAX system in favour of its new Linux-based
| environment in the manufacture of parts for the company's next-generation
| 787 jets.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1834585068;fp;2;fpid;1
Mega hands-on: Virgin America's Airbus A320 with Red in-flight entertainment
,----[ Quote ]
| They definitely weren't kidding when they said it's got it all:
| movies on demand, pervasive music playlists, in-seat messaging
| with a QWERTY controller, touchscreen Linux consoles with
| games, the works.
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/10/mega-hands-on-virgin-americas-airbus-a320-with-red-in-flight-e/
A geek's dream plane
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| Every seat has a 9in LCD screen in the seatback in front of you that runs
| on embedded linux
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http://johncacka.com/a-geeks-dream-plane/
Delta Airlines runs Red Hat
,----[ Quote ]
| Anyway, given how hard it is to get success stories/press releases/etc.
| out of enterprises, I figured I'd announce this one for Delta. Delta
| runs Linux.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/01/delta_airlines.html
Want YOUR game featured on Virgin America's In-Flight Entertainment
System?
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| Red is an embedded system and we would like to invite members from the
| linux community to think about open source apps that might add to
| our offering.
|
| [...]
|
| Areas to Consider Before Expressing Interest
| 1. In the spirit of open source, the license needs to be LGPL /
| GPL
| 2. Platform - Redhat Linux 7.3
| 3. Runs under TinyX (xfbdev)
| 4. Max Screen size 1024x600 (Preferably configurable using the
| Geometry Setting)
|
| [...]
|
| For single-player games
| 1. Binary size (including dependencies like audio files, images,
| libraries) - less than 10MB expanded
|
| For multi-player network games
| 1. Binary size (including dependencies like audio files, images,
| libraries) for client - less than 10 MB expanded
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http://www.letvafly.com/mt/2007/02/want_your_game_featured_on_vir.html
Convincing the Military to Embrace Open Source
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| "Sixty five percent of our applications run on Linux, and over 60 percent of
| our databases leverage open source solutions. We use Linux, Apache, MySQL,
| PHP, Python and Perl (a combination of software programs known as LAMP
| stacks). Over the years, since 1994, we've easily saved more than $500,000 in
| software licenses. While the cost benefits have been substantial,
| improvements in interoperability along with quick procurement cycles and
| boosts to staff morale -- programmers really like 'owning their code' -- have
| been key driving forces. This has been the true value of LAMP and our other
| open source initiatives," Welty said.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/60965.html
Conference Highlights Open Technology Adoption within Defense and
Intelligence Systems
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| "When we rolled into Baghdad, we did it using open source," General
| Justice continued. "It may come as a surprise to many of you, but the
| U.S. Army is "the" single largest install base for Red Hat Linux.
| I'm their largest customer."
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http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/index.php?duty=Show&id=17056&trv=1
Army Seeks to Catalyze Open Source Intelligence
,----[ Quote ]
| A new U.S. Army Field Manual is intended to advance the development
| and use of open source intelligence (OSINT), which is intelligence
| that is derived from publicly available data legally obtained.
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http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2007/01/army_seeks_to_catalyze_open_so.html
A Network Appliance Platform for Linux Applications at the US Department of
Defense
,----[ Quote ]
| U.S. military requirements for network devices are growing more and
| more demanding, making a flexible Linux-based platform the foundation
| of choice.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/012207-dod-linux.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
High-integrity software is key topic at 2007 Military Technologies Conference
,----[ Quote ]
| Following Tokar will be Redge Bartholomew, engineering manager at Rockwell
| Collins on "Static Analysis as an Example Approach to High Integrity Open
| Source Software."
|
| [...]
|
| "Why High Integrity Software Requires Open Source Tools," is the
| presentation of the module's last speaker, Robert Dewar, president and
| chief executive officer of AdaCore.
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http://mae.pennnet.com/display_article/285223/32/NEWS/none/none/High-integrity-software-is-key-topic-at-2007-Military-Technologies-Conference/
Department of Defense Releases Open Technology Development Roadmap
,----[ Quote ]
| According to OSSI, "OTD methodology will enable DoD organizations
| and contractors to rapidly adapt and extend existing software capabilities
| in response to shifting threats and requirements without, being locked in
| to a specific vendor or held hostage to proprietary technologies."
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http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/07/233257&from=rss
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