:Control Engineering: Linux Helps Navy Keep High-Tech Weapon System Updated
Control Engineering: Linux Helps Navy Keep High-Tech Weapon System Updated Sep 10, 2006, 16 :00 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (6391 reads) (Other stories by Charlie Masi)
"General-purpose computing systems (in other words: personal computers and workstations) could be useful within a variety of control systems as human machine interface (HMI) platforms, network interface systems and even host computers, but many engineers hesitate to incorporate them because of the many stability and security issues surrounding the dominant PC operating system, Microsoft Windows XP. Linux provides an open-source alternative that avoids these Microsoft-related issues. As more engineers become acquainted with Linux, and Linux vendors make their implementations easier to use, PCs running Linux OS have begun to appear in many mission-critical applications..."
