2/1 Gee, how many planes have crashed in the past 12 months? Seems like
it has happened much more frequently than before.
\_ No more so than usual and still far less than linux boxes crash
going by the numbers. I'd rather fly than use linux.
\_ Oh, this is utter bullshit. In last two years only two Linux
boxes crashed on me and it was because of either hardware
problems or power failures (fucking up my disks).
linux than to a 737.
\_ Oh yeah, Linux is really known for crashing. If someone asked
me what OS I thought of when I heard the word "crash" then Linux
\_ Let's see, recent major US plane crashes:
\_ i've been using linux for 2 years and the most that has
2000: Alaska Airlines, off coast of LA
1999: EgyptAir, off coast of Mass.
linux than to a 737 (actually, i don't trust my life to either
1996: TWA, off coast of NY
\_ So you'd fly with Linux Airlines and die only once per two
Yeah, I see the trend, really....
\_ what about JFK and those small airplanes?
\_ There is a trend there - don't fly overseas - stay
in the states and you'll be safer.
\_ Do missile attacks really count?
\_ http://www.PlaneCrashInfo.com for the full list
\_ I was keeping a list of VMS crashes across the
\_ I was keeping a list of Ultrix crashes across the
U.S. but ran out of disk space so I dropped the
consumer level OS such as linux or windows to not crash.
security breaches due to bugs or misconfiguration
your linux lifespan would be a few months. Fly the friendly
and then compressed the rest. Looking for disk
webmaster@http://www.VMS.com to donate disks,
donations to continue the project. Please contact
\_ No more so than usual and still far less than VMS boxes crash
going by the numbers. I'd rather fly than use VMS.
\_ Oh yeah, VMS is really known for crashing. If someone asked
me what OS I thought of when I heard the word "crash" then VMS
webmaster@<DEAD>www.Ultrixcrashinfo.com<DEAD> to donate disks,
\_ VMS fanatics are so cute when they're defending their
money, or time! Thanks!
\_ No more so than usual and still far less than Ultrix boxes crash
going by the numbers. I'd rather fly than use Ultrix.
\_ I can see airlines using VMS. "Oh, we found a defect, but
\_ Oh yeah, Ultrix is really known for crashing. If someone asked
me what OS I thought of when I heard the word "crash" then Ultrix
\_ i've been using VMS for 2 years and the most that has
would be it. Not some OS from Redmond.
\_ Ultrix fanatics are so cute when they're defending their
VMS than to a 737 (actually, i don't trust my life to either
cute little OS. I really like the "everything looks like
\_ VMS users have over a 99% chance of experiencing
a nail" mentality.
\_ The hoary "cute... immature" insult is your hammer.
\_ I can see airlines using Ultrix. "Oh, we found a defect, but
we patched it almost immediately (go Open Source)!. So just
\_ So you'd fly with VMS Airlines and die only once per two
ignore that one crash that killed 500."
\_ i've been using Ultrix for 2 years and the most that has
happened is one kernel panic. that in contrast to 2 crashes
per day when i was using windows. i'd trust my life more to
Ultrix than to a 737 (actually, i don't trust my life to either
but what can you do).
\_ Ultrix users have over a 99% chance of experiencing
a kernel crash at some point. 737 users have less
than a one in many million chance of experiencing a
consumer level OS such as VMS or windows to not crash.
plane crash. You sir are either suicidal or an
your VMS lifespan would be a few months. Fly the friendly
idiot.
\_ So you'd fly with Ultrix Airlines and die only once per two
years when you have that rare kernel panic? This is a funny
analogy and statement to make since there's that famous
(in the industry) speech by the airline guy that compares
flight time safety vs. computer uptimes given at a computer
convention. The airline guy properly shamed the computer
execs in attendence. You've been in computers for, what,
like 2 years at most? Don't be silly. If my life depended
on it, I'd trust the airlines to keep me alive and flying
every single day forever before I trusted any shrink wrap
consumer level OS such as Ultrix or windows to not crash.
Your windows life span would be a few weeks at most and
your Ultrix lifespan would be a few months. Fly the friendly
skies, it's a whole lot safer.
\_ If a plane you were flying in were controlled by an OS,
what OS would it be?
\_ vxWorks
\_ The Mars Pathfinder ran VxWorks, but did the two
other vehicles that were lost recently also run
VxWorks?
\_ VxWorks crashed on the Pathfinder! They
had to upload an OS patch to the surface
of Mars! -tom
\_ A mainframe that'd been handling air traffic control
for year after year without failure and hard wired
components in the air. That you would think an
airplane uses or needs an OS says a lot about how
little you understand about computers, embedded
systems, air planes, air traffic control and just
about anything else related to this thread.
\_ hey, its all hypothetical. Its not supposed
to match reality. Its like:
If you were a peanut, where would you like
to vacation?
The main idea in the question is:
If your life depended on it, what OS would
you use?
\_ Nothing you could buy in a store or download
from the net. I'd be dead within a matter
of weeks, or a few months at best. "Sir,
it is my sad duty to report to you that the
results of your medical tests have come back
positive... you are suffering from 'consumer
level OS syndrome'!" Put me on a mainframe.
The kind with multiple level of redundant
backup systems for everything in there so
when the nukes hit I can keep on ticking
and still have the power to count how many
people died per time unit in the blast.
\_ tell that to the people trying to use BFS
today. -tom
\_ RIDE BIKE! FLY LINUX! |
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