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Some info about that product here, starting on page 7: https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/air_software/media/AR-01-26_COTS.pdf https://www.
by sammalloy 5y ago
Some info about that product here, starting on page 7:
https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/air_software/media/AR-01-26_COTS.pdf https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/air_s...
Here’s the funny part at the end:
> The manufacturer admitted that desktop products in general are not good candidates for avionics, and the COTS components that are most likely to be effective are industrial-grade components with a wide distribution base such as medical-based products.
- kcplate 5y agoThats awesome. What’s ironic—I think he thought I’d be impressed…and that I would be more likely to want to fly in it. However at the time I was working as a Network Engineer (for him) and I while I was happy to entrust my livelihood to Microsoft, I would definitely not trust my life to Microsoft