long term support release

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On Jan 28, 2008 5:21 AM, Christopher Aillon <caillon at redhat.com> 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.



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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"