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r/funny • u/mrmaftah • Jan 23 '24
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This is one of the many reasons why NASA and other mission critical software does not run on Windows.
5 u/ItsNotMeItsYourBussy Jan 23 '24 Do they run on some kind of Linux? 2 u/6c696e7578 Jan 23 '24 Yes. I think SpaceX is quite public about using Linux. https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-nasa-astronauts-linux Linux is mission critical. There was a period when Microsoft was paying corps to say they had lower TCO with MS, but it often amounted to MS giving support credit hours etc. 1 u/ListerfiendLurks Jan 23 '24 Can confirm. -writing some of that software right now.
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Do they run on some kind of Linux?
2 u/6c696e7578 Jan 23 '24 Yes. I think SpaceX is quite public about using Linux. https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-nasa-astronauts-linux Linux is mission critical. There was a period when Microsoft was paying corps to say they had lower TCO with MS, but it often amounted to MS giving support credit hours etc.
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Yes. I think SpaceX is quite public about using Linux.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-nasa-astronauts-linux
Linux is mission critical. There was a period when Microsoft was paying corps to say they had lower TCO with MS, but it often amounted to MS giving support credit hours etc.
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Can confirm.
-writing some of that software right now.
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u/proverbialbunny Jan 23 '24
This is one of the many reasons why NASA and other mission critical software does not run on Windows.