<head><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style></head><body><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br>Not really....</font></font></font><div><br></div><div>One of my brothers is a DDG 1000 program manager for GD at Bath Iron Works. The effort they have put into the Zumwalt class is herculean. It has aged him ten years. If they are using Linux, then it was the best and most cost effective solution.</div><div><br></div><div>Mil spec stuff is expensive. It has to be. Combat, be it at sea, in the air, or on the ground is hard. Stuff has to work.</div><div><br></div><div>Bob </div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font>-----Original Message-----<br>>From: "Damon L. Chesser" <damon@damtek.com><br>>Sent: Oct 31, 2013 3:57 PM<br>>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale@ale.org><br>>Subject: [ale] newest Navy Destroyer runs Linux<br>><br>><tongue-in-cheek>This is wrong. Just wrong. someone designed an <br>>entire ship off of "off the shelf hardware" and Linux. Is there a sudden <br>>outbreak of common sense in the US Military?</tongue-in-cheek><br>><br>>http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/the-navys-newest-warship-is-powered-by-linux/<br>><br>>Pretty cool stuff, if the design works.<br>><br>>-- <br>>Damon L. Chesser<br>>damon@damtek.com<br>>http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser<br>><br>><br>>_______________________________________________<br>>Ale mailing list<br>>Ale@ale.org<br>>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br></ale@ale.org></damon@damtek.com></div></body><pre>
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