On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:33:21 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Yep.  And airline information boards (always fun to see one of those
>> bluescreened) and here in Utah, the light rail system ticket kiosks as
>> well.
> 
> Well, everyone has their problems. 

Sure, that happens with complex systems.

> I've not been on an airplane flight
> in the last 5 years or so that the Linux-based seat-back system didn't
> have to be rebooted in flight, for example.

I've not had that experience myself.  I'd be really surprised if that was 
a regular occurrence, given that my Linux boxes all are used much more 
heavily and generally only need to be rebooted after a kernel patch is 
applied.  I think it's been about 5-7 years since my last actual kernel 
panic.

Jim

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