Fwd: Linux reference on subs

[Jon "maddog" Hall]

On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 07:24 -0400, Jeffry Smith wrote:
> bounced for some reason -
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> jeff
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> From: Jeffry Smith <jsmith at alum.mit.edu>
> Date: Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 7:39 PM
> Subject: Linux reference on subs
> To: Greater New Hampshire LUG <gnhlug at gnhlug.org>
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> http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/archive/331544-196/uss-new-hampshire-surfaces-on-seacoast.html
> 
> quote:
> "The $2.4 billion New Hampshire is so high-tech that it has no
> periscope, and uses Linux-based computers to provide deck officers
> with views of the outside world from various external cameras, using
> multiple parts of the spectrum."
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It was not until I read the comments to the article and saw that they
were posted two years ago that I realized the article was written in
October of 2008.

It would be interesting to see how the Linux systems have performed
after 2.5 years at sea.

md