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Penguin Airlines

Posted by michael on from the swim-like-a-bird dept.

An anonymous reader writes "DesktopLinux.com interviews Chris Stevens, President of Penguin Airlines about his young venture's business model that includes using Linux in all aspects from the ground up -- from desktops to the reservations system! 'Tux' is more than just a name for this new air taxi service which brings convenient, economical, time-saving air travel via the shortest route between home and destination." They wrote an essay about their business plans, and their heavily computerized jets look nifty as well. CD:Those interested in the aviation side of things should check out James Fallows book "Free Flight" as well.

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  1. Hate to be obvious... by dagoalieman · · Score: 5, Funny

    But Penguins don't fly....

    I hope they have better luck than the real birds.

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    1. Re:Hate to be obvious... by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny

      Penguins, like pigs, in fact can fly. It's just a matter of applying enough force. I recommend a tin foil jacket and a gause gun.

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    2. Re:Hate to be obvious... by JFMulder · · Score: 4, Funny

      Anything can fly, you just have to forget you're falling...

  2. Get it out of the way by GoodWebDesigns · · Score: 5, Funny

    Upside: An airline that never crashes. Downside: Who wants uptimes that last for months?

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    1. Re:Get it out of the way by unicron · · Score: 5, Funny

      I would be worried about the level of customer service for the airline:

      Passenger: Stewaress, can I get some peanuts?

      Stewardess: Get em yourself, fucking newb. Can you believe this little bitch? Thinking he has skills.

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    2. Re:Get it out of the way by Micah · · Score: 4, Funny

      or she could just refer him to the Peanut-HOWTO.html

  3. Not the analogy I would've used by theRhinoceros · · Score: 4, Funny

    The airlines like to use majestic bird names like Eagle and Falcon that convey a powerful animal soaring gracefully through the air. Since one of our fundamental missions is to make private jet travel affordable for all travelers, we needed something that most people could relate to.

    So, instead of a large bird majestically soaring through the air, the chose a name of a... dumpy, flightless bird that spends most of its time in the water. Hmm...

    To the non-linux savvy, the choice of imagery to represent the company is perhaps less than ideal. I mean, how's about starting with a bird that actually flies through the air?

  4. Re:sounds like a joke to me! by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Linux controlling our skies? Might as well stop all airborne travel."

    I wouldn't go that far, but you would need to know Bernoulli's Law to board the plane.

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  5. Re:And why does the Linux matter?! by T3kno · · Score: 4, Funny

    You spend way too much time on /. and IRC when the muscle memory in your fingers types out fucking as the default word.

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  6. Quote from their jet brochure by guttentag · · Score: 5, Funny
    The Eclipse 500 is constructed principally of aircraft aluminum.
    That's good to know. I hate it when airlines use jets constructed principally of coke-can aluminum. And the aluminum siding planes are just annoying when one end of a plank breaks loose and starts thwacking against the side of the plane. These guys show real promise.
  7. Flight problem by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I couldn't get up to stretch and shmooze because the overhead "No Trolling" light was on the entire fricken time!

    Next time I'll take Blue Skies of D (BSOD) Airways, a subsidiary of MS. (They wouldn't tell me what the 'D' stood for.)

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  8. Big Mistake by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    You got it all wrong: "Penguin" in the name has nothing to do with Linux, but what they serve for meals. I learned that after taking "Dogways Airlines".

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