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Chrysler Adopts Linux For Vehicle Simulations

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cheap-number-crunching dept.

eMilkshake writes "According to this ComputerWorld article, Chrysler is adopting Linux for vehicle crash testing. According to the article, 'the new system is expected to improve simulation performance by 20%, while saving about 40% in costs....'" Insert knee-jerk reaction joke about computers and crashing here.

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  1. Frist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    pROST g to the oatse c to the izzex

  2. Why linux? by billd · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Seems the obvious choice. Otherwise you'd have to use Windows.

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    1. Re:Why linux? by billd · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hmmm. Mr Moderator, please be informed that the topic is "Chrysler Adopts Linux For Vehicle Simulations" I admit my post is LAME, but can you please explain how you determine it to be OFFTOPIC?

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  3. Re:Humus by Proc6 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yea! Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those! Slashdot humor is really tired^H^H^H^H funny! OpenSource rulez0rs!

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  4. Daimler Chrysler by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Isn't the full name Daimler Chrysler?

  5. Re:Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Why is this insightful? The article says they replaced UNIX.

    F'n idiot moderators...

  6. -1 offtopic by rhombic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nope, not karma-starved, just writing slowly while the previous RTFA'er submitted. Without using the +1 bonus. Take it easy, I just replied rather than using a mod point to drop your comment.

    Oh yeah, never have done crack. Quite happy with my fucking life, and the rest of my life is pretty good, too.

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  7. Re:But Linux doesn't crash! by Anonymous+Cowrad · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What sort of happy crappy candyland are you living in where linux doesn't crash?

    All operating systems crash, bub.

    Yes, even linux.

    Shocking, I know.

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  8. Re:Software? by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Moderation Totals: Troll=1, Interesting=3, Informative=2, Overrated=5, Total=11.

    I must say, I find this oddly amusing. I mean, moderator points being "precious" and all that.

  9. "Ins knee-jerk reaction about computers crashing" by Joey7F · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    [frink]So much for my plan of getting a +5 Funny comment based on my karma-whore joke generator...[/frink]

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  10. Sample Output by elixx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Approaching moving pedestrian.....

    Kernel panic.
    System Halted.

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