http://bytebot.disqus.com/enTue, 09 Mar 2004 07:21:27 -0000http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2004/03/08/planes-run-windows#comment-18714924<p>Well, I guess the Airshow runs Windows. I saw an .exe crash!</p>byteTue, 09 Mar 2004 07:21:27 -0000http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2004/03/08/planes-run-windows#comment-18714923<p>The plane internals vary, the core is something called a "Flight Management System", and at least one of the major suppliers of this equipment (Honeywell Avionics) uses VxWorks RTOS to run it. I would be very shocked to see any non-embedded OSes being used for this, and given the age of the industry, there probably isn't much (if any) embedded Linux in this space right now.</p>AnonymousMon, 08 Mar 2004 15:58:41 -0000http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2004/03/08/planes-run-windows#comment-18714922<p>Well. For MAS, they use this software called Select Plus. It has nintendo games, so i am<br>guessing it is based on linux or some other open source software. And it does not look <br>Windows-y at all. Not colourful (very linux-y). FAA says Customs use this - <a href="http://www.hf.faa.gov/docs/508/docs/cami/0308.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.hf.faa.gov/docs/508/docs/cami/0308.pdf">http://www.hf.faa.gov/docs/...</a>. And they mention Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0: Hardware and Software Inventory 2.0. But for the plane internals they must have their own customised<br>software. Could even be based on Tron?? Who knows.</p>RubenMon, 08 Mar 2004 08:15:39 -0000