[lug] Linux mentioned in CrossTalk

[The Matt]

On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 13:39, Andrew Diederich wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004, Timothy C. Klein wrote:
> 
> > This reminds me of a short piece I saw on TechTV once.  They were doing
> > their 'Battlefields of Tomorrow' or whatever it is called show.  The
> > episode was on the new "Smart Soldier" technology that each GI would
> > have.  HUD, GPS, monitor on the wrist, gun hooked into computer laser
> > sight, electronic access to command and control and tactical data, etc.
> > 
> > Towards the end, the TechTV guy says: 'And the great part is that it is
> > built from off-the-shelf-components, and runs a version of Windows to
> > control it all.'
> 
> I think they gave up on the windows thing.  Too many problems, too big.

Good gravy, I hope so.  I figured it'd use QNX or TRON or something. 
But Windows?  (Even CE would make me shudder.  But is there nothing
better than hacking the registry in a foxhole?)

Matt
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