[KeyLargo]

News Date: 2007-05-17 02:45 pm
Category: Curiosities
US FAA votes Windows Vista down and is interested in Linux+Google
Washington, USA - Double defeat for Microsoft

The US FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) is refusing to install Windows Vista, the new operating system developed by Microsoft, on the 45,000 computers used at its offices.
The decision made by FAA followed an accurate evaluation of update costs generated by the new installation, for example taking into consideration the 1G RAM requirement.
However, this choice does not seem the most alarming one: in fact, almost apparently, the US authority is seriously evaluating the possibility to completely abandon the Microsoft system and choose the concurrent Linux+Google one.
http://www.avionews.com/index.php?corpo=see_news_home.php&news_id=1073988&pagina_chiamante=index.php

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

it looks like they’ve been using Linux for a long time, along with other agencies:

http://www.fcw.com/article94234-05-01-06-Print

[SengirV]

"However, this choice does not seem the most alarming one"

Sorry, I wouldn't call getting rid of Microsoft alarming, I'd call it warranted.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Interesting, I just purchased a new Dell laptop and requested that they install Windows XP. They finally got most of the bugs out of XP and they come out with Vista, I’m not taking any chances.

[tutstar]

bump that

[Doohickey]

So you think this is a desktop problem?

[America needs to wakeup]

Looks like the complaints from consumers have been substantiated, Visa is a nightmare and has increased Mac’s by 45%.

Do a little alpha/beta testing Mr Gates.