
21 Dec
2006
21 Dec
'06
9:05 a.m.
thouht it probably going nowhere. I've never thought Linux could make to the space, since I was an Aerospace enineer before and i know
Linux in space is not really new.
Unless I am mistaking, this is not the first time Linux has made it into space, I seem to remember some presentation on FOSDEM or possibly within the DSP Valley framework where an engineer from Verhaert presented their new system (replacing an older one), but was now running Linux. As far as I remember though (tm). There is another company (Newtec) that is involved with ESAT satellite design that is using Linux (AFAIK).
But nothing relevant about the bootloader, so I'll be flamed about being OT :-"
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