Re:Computer virus hits US Predator and Reaper drone fleet
by tedunangst on Saturday October 08, 2011 @03:07PM
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I'd say you're being downvoted because you're rather clueless about the qualifications of the manager designing unmanned drones.
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Re:Computer virus hits US Predator and Reaper drone fleet
by rbanffy on Saturday October 08, 2011 @06:10PM
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Now I am curious. Why would Windows end up in such a system? I would expect an RTOS like QNX (which is not that hard to program).
I agree I am more familiar with corporate IT disasters where some pointy-haired boss decided Windows was the way to go instead of what would be the optimal choice, but I always expected flight-control software to be built with a great amount of attention to every detail.