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Tux Enlisted for U.S. Defense Program

Posted by samzenpus on from the free-as-in-bombs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Linux is a key part of the Army's massive $200B FCS (Future Computing System) initiative, it seems. RTOS vendor LynuxWorks was chosen to provide the OS for 18 weapons platforms under development, because its LynxOS-178 real-time OS can run Linux binaries -- including the "common operating environment" that Boeing is developing for FCS."

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  1. Re:is linux guilty of murder now? by markild · · Score: 4, Funny

    It will be. Then in comes SCO and takes the credit

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  2. Yay! by Neopoleon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing says "feel-good bluegrass tech movement" like becoming part of the military industrial complex.

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    1. Re:Yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You mean "grassroots", genius, not "bluegrass". Put the banjo down.

  3. Beating a dead horse by Scoria · · Score: 5, Funny

    Colonel Panic: Not just a reaction to incorrect artillery coordinates anymore!

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    1. Re:Beating a dead horse by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Funny

      He's outranked by General Protection Fault.

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  4. So let's get this straight........ by mormop · · Score: 4, Funny

    You fit a missile with a Linux kernel. Does this mean that every time you distribute the software by nuking someone you have to drop a copy of the source code in the crater afterwards :)?

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