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Software Glitches Cause Airport Delays in Britain

bnoise writes "There has been air traffic delays of up to 6 hours today above UK (and this includes north atlantic flights). A BBC News article points out the reasons: a software upgrade. Another article gives more general information about the delays. Companies pin-pointed are IBM (initial development) and Lockheed Martin. If only they were using Open Source Software in the aviation industry... By the way, is there any Open Source project in the aviation sector? A search on Freshmeat gives back 5 projects."

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  1. Oh Great, so they are using by Tri0de · · Score: 0, Troll

    Air Traffic Controller 1.0 for XP!

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