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Linux Hits the Road
An anonymous reader writes "Vicroads does regular surveys of the roads in Victoria, Australia, to determine where they need to be patched or otherwise repaired. It used to be done in a vehicle travelling at 20 kph: slow, tedious, and hazardous to the traffic around it. Now, thanks to Linux, it's being done at speeds of 80 to 100 kph. The Melbourne Age has the details. Short version: the cost has fallen from $1.2 million Australian to $850,000. Not bad..."
Yeah, who would have thought that you could do something like this faster and cheaper with Linux. Perhaps NASA should take a lesson from Linux (e.g. it can be done faster, cheaper, and more reliably). ;)
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Proverbs 16:25 (NKJV)
I'd say it was good for everyone that the lecturer who happened to have the know-how to make this system was more experienced with Linux than Windows. Otherwise, they would have an expensive, buggy VB implementation, we wouldn't have another Linux success story, and every car in Austrailia would be driving over potholes that made security holes look like nothing!