[Swordmaker]

Per the article, it was a TROJAN that infected the non-real-time, non-airborne computer. Can you name for me a computer OS that does not have trojans?

Irrelevant. However, I doubt the Timex Sinclair 1000 has any Trojans.:^)>

The point, however, is that a malware Trojan DID play a pivotal role in this accident. Denying it is willfull blindness.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Irrelevant.

Really? You certainly seemed to be making a Big Deal of it just a few posts earlier... I guess we can consider pretty much any OS available today is susceptible to trojans, then?

The point, however, is that a malware Trojan DID play a pivotal role in this accident. Denying it is willfull blindness.

Denying is going on where? Certainly not I!

And of course, as the article points out, of MUCH bigger concern was the obvious failure to follow the pre-flight checklists by the pilot and co-pilot. This was predominantly a pilot error crash. The trojan on the ground support computer did NOT stop operation of that computer or its systems, just made it slow. And thus the ground crew took the lazy way out and did not enter the data.

It was human error in the cockpit, and human error on the flight line that caused this tragedy. It was most assuredly NOT the computer.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

BTW, there is some EXCELLENT technical discussions about this found on slashdot; in particular, this post is very educational about the actual investigation results, which are contrary to the inflammatory nature of this headline, and your attempt to link a computer OS to the tragedy.

You can also read the actual conclusions of the investigation which, again, confirm it is was pilot error and not "malware" on a computer which caused the crash.