> On 12/05/2013 07:04 PM, Doctor John wrote:
>> http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/10/iss-linux/
>
> Uh... why would the stability of the astronauts' laptops be critical? I
> mean, the computer that keeps the station in the sky? Sure. But some
> random guy's laptop? Seems less important...
>
Because they do scientific experiements that cost a helluvalot to do, 
and you don't want to recieve an e-mail that says "Can you send us 
another batch of ____, next time the Progress ships comes by, we need to 
redo all of Yuri's experiments since his laptop BSODed and the C: drive 
is unreadable.

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