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On The FAA's Slow And Steady SWIM To Open Source
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| "Before we awarded the contract to Progress last year, there were other FAA
| programs like TFM [Traffic Flow Management], our weather-monitoring programs,
| and a new terminal program, TDDS [Terminal Data Distribution System]. Those
| program are and have been using Linux. We had a total of five such programs
| in SWIM Segment 1, and now that we have FUSE in place, that's a total of
| seven."
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/07/on_the_faas_slo.html;jsessionid=WGL2DDBLBXAHIQSNDLOSKHSCJUNN2JVN
Related:
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
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
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