[ale] newest Navy Destroyer runs Linux

[Charles Shapiro]

USS Yorktown, Windows NT, September 1997.  A coding error in the RDBMS
combined with a zero entered in the wrong field disables the ship's engines
off the Virginia coast.  Wikipedia has details (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_%28CG-48%29 ) under "Smart Ship
Testbed".


On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com>wrote:

> "Captain Kirk to the bridge!" For real on this wessel, not just scripted
> lines.
>
>
> On 10/31/2013 04:15 PM, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
>
>> On 10/31/2013 04:06 PM, Chuck Payne wrote:
>>
>>> And the captain name of the ship is Captain Kirk
>>>
>>
>> I don't know how I missed bringing up that point?
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Damon L. Chesser <damon at damtek.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> <tongue-in-cheek/>This is wrong. Just wrong.  someone designed an entire
>>>> ship off of "off the shelf hardware" and Linux. Is there a sudden
>>>> outbreak
>>>> of common sense in the US Military?</tongue-in-cheek>
>>>>
>>>> http://arstechnica.com/**information-technology/2013/**
>>>> 10/the-navys-newest-warship-**is-powered-by-linux/<http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/the-navys-newest-warship-is-powered-by-linux/>
>>>>
>>>> Pretty cool stuff, if the design works.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Damon L. Chesser
>>>> damon at damtek.com
>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/**dchesser<http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser>
>>>>
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