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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (35552)12/16/1999 10:01:00 AM
From: Tony Viola  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74651
 
Charles, Re: "One has to wonder whether any of the pilots carrying said precious cargo would be willing to put their craft under its
control."

Oh? Can you name any outage situations in 1999 more famous (infamous) than the Ebay-with-Sun-systems-in-control debacles? People who live in glass houses...

Tony



To: Charles Tutt who wrote (35552)12/16/1999 11:59:00 AM
From: John F. Dowd  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 74651
 
CT: The programs run in a/c are all very straight forward and really don't require the myriad of interface requirements that confront a PC O/S. The shape of the earth doesn't change too often nor do the laws of motion and the monthly updates are things that don't require any corresponding operating system changes.JFD