(Paul Tomblin) writes:

I remember a comp.risks article many years ago where one maker of avionics
was said to prefer Windows because if something went wrong with the OS,
somebody else would have to fix it,

*That* would be funny. I can imagine a bunch of panels being labeled "inop"
until Microsoft decides it wants to generate a fix.

and another maker of avionics was said
to prefer an open source OS because if something went wrong with the OS,
they didn't have to wait for somebody else to fix it.

Or they *could* also let/pay someone else to fix it also. But at least
they can't play the "Oh, we're so sorry that your plane is now useless but
it's really out of our hands..." bit.

--kyler