A good day for Linux... :)

[Michael]

Good to hear from you and that is good news.

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 12:26 PM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:

> Unofficial (and unauthorized) disclosure:
> As of tomorrow, the first Linux-based 'FAA positions' (air traffic
> controller boxes) will be officially deployed in the 'En Route Air Traffic
> Control System'.
> That means that some controllers will be using Linux boxes instead of AIX
> boxes to move *YOUR* airplane from here to there.
> And that's only the tip of the iceberg...   :)
> For those of you 'uninitiated', there are essentially 4 phases to any
> flight:
> ground and take off,
> departure (or approach),
> transition and,
> 'en route'
> 'en route' will be all Linux in the future.
> As a 'Computer Geek' (and Linux user of 1.5 decades) worming on that
> software and a Commercial Pilot that talks over the radio with those
> controllers, I am pretty thrilled about it...
> ET
> PS: Contact your congress representative and OPPOSE Air Traffic Control
> privatization.
> It will affect you in ways that you don't even imagine...
> http://www.atcnotforsale.com/
> http://tinyurl.com/y7kw735t
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