From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Sep 11 22:29: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from acme.sb.west.net (acme.sb.west.net [205.254.224.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1515714D69 for ; Sat, 11 Sep 1999 22:28:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from darklite@west.net) Received: from Cloud.west.net (250-250.adsl1.avtel.net [207.71.250.250]) by acme.sb.west.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D748B24B0D; Sat, 11 Sep 1999 22:26:35 -0700 (PDT) From: "Larry Meyer" To: "Rick Hamell" , "Charles Gousha" Cc: "Alex Perel" , "SBLUG Users" , Subject: Re: God, this is scary... Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 21:57:38 -0700 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1162 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <19990912052635.D748B24B0D@acme.sb.west.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > >> I can go one better. I have it on very good authority (from someone who > > >> helped design the application software) that they use Windows NT for some > > >> of the systems on the space shuttles. Not the guidance systems (and my > > >> friend was bound by security clearance from telling me exactly what) but > > >> something. Now THAT is scary.... > > > > > >Think of it this way: how likely are you to be on a space shuttle? Somehow > > >I'm not afraid for my life when a shuttle takes off :) > > > > All we need is one blue screen during a reentry... seven people burned > > up... government inquiries and re-evaluations... and goodbye to the Space > > Program for the next ten years. > > Or an even better scenario. > > Senate Inquiry Committe: "So, Mr. Gates your company knowingly released > software with bugs in it for mission critical applications?" > > > Rick > Haven't you read the 'critical applications' disclaimer on the license? They already have that base covered. Larry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message