On 2008-12-18, Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <u9iq16-me1.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Oh, I see. So if the Yorktown is retrofitted with
>> Microsoft Windows Vista, they won't have these problems if
>> the database decides to barf while the app divides by zero?
>> Or was it the app barfing while the database divides
>> by zero? Anyway, neither one should have caused a network
>> futzup, which doomed the Yorktown's control/propulsion
>> system apparently.
>
> The failure had nothing to do with the OS, Ghost, as you (of course)
> fully know. Application divides by zero. Application does not handle
> divide by zero exception, so the OS kills the application. Application
> happens to be crucial to the operation of the ship. Ship stops
> operating.
>
> That's how it works on Windows 2000. That's how it works on Vista.
> That's how it works on Linux. That's how it works on OS/2. That's how
> it works on Solaris.
...it's a process issue.
Although the same process that led to the divide by zero error probably
led to the decision to run Windows.
None of the Operating Systems mentioned should be running a warship.
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