[NTLUG:Discuss] Hi, all

[Chris Cox]

Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> Sean Cook wrote:
> 
>> * greg at nas-inet.com [2002.10.25 03:54]:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> Sorry, but I'm going to have to correct you here.  Yes Windows 
>>> dominates the desktop but only represents about 2% of the industry as 
>>> a whole. When you look at the entire computing industry you'll find 
>>> MS is a very small player.  Not many digital switches run NT and you 
>>> won't find XP or 98 anywhere in your car.  And thank goodness ME 
>>> doesn't control any 747 or F-16 cockpits.  How many NT clusters do 
>>> you find on the Top 500 Supercomputers list?
>>
>>
>>
>> </snip>
>>
>> This is not in production, and is still just a concept car...but Volvo
>> apparently tried to place 98 in this car
>>
>> http://msnbc.com/news/781431.asp?cp1=1
>>
> 
> Now *that's* scary!
> 
> With 5 computers running Windows 98, what would the MTBF (or MTBB, Mean 
> Time Between Boots) be?  Could you go to the store and back?
> 
> ...Ken
> 

Imagine a car where you push the gas pedal in order to turn the car
off...  of course my old '75 Buick Regal actually worked this way...