Windows Powered Airport

November 27th, 2008
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Dubai Airport
Few months ago I spotted Linux operating system being booted on the display screens of an airplane. Recently I was at the newly constructed Terminal 3 of Dubai airport, and spotted this error message on a display screen. The dialog box obviously looks like that of a Windows operating system.

I not being judgmental, but being associated with IT industry and familiar with the shortcomings of Windows operating system, this error message on a display screen of one of the best airports of the world brought a sarcastic smile on my face, and I couldn’t resist taking a picture of it.

Have you noticed any such OS error messages on display screens at public places?

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  • Salman Khwaja
  • SK
    If the Aircraft avionics did calculations on Windows what would happen if it crashed!!!

    Error Message#20239: Please reboot before you stall or crash!
  • People will stop travelling if airline systems go on Windows, atleast people who 'know' Windows!

    I've seen a Windows error message when I was at a NADRA kiosk in Karachi trying to pay by bills through it.

    At my university, just yesterday National Instruments were having a seminar when someone asked them how reliable will this thing perform on a Windows OS. The answer was "as reliable as Windows." And everyone burst into laughter.
  • I know airlines run linux behind their in-flight entertainment systems. Once, on a trip from Karachi to Islamabad, my in-flight entertainment thing crashed and second, on a transatlantic flight, that thing froze (I had to ask the flight-attendants to reset it to get it working again). Of course, the geek in me first tried to figure out a way of doing Ctrl-Alt-Del :P
  • Salman Khwaja
    I can't agree more with you...

    Windows OS crashes are more frequent than Linux Ones. Hail to Linux OS...
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