So much for stability

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Here’s a picture of I took on my recent flight on Delta from Atlanta to Dubai. The inflight entertainment system, the little screen mounted on the back of each seat, was running Linux. It froze and rebooted by itself twice during the 15 hour flight.

So much for stability.

Shijaz Abdulla is a Partner Technology Advisor at Microsoft, helping their top tier partners build on their Microsoft practice. He is also a trusted advisor to medium enterprise customers in Qatar. He is a blogger, tech enthusiast, and a Microsoft evangelist.


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2 Responses to So much for stability

  1. EhabT says:

    It was schedualed :P

  2. Anders says:

    I experienced a Windows-based in-flight entertainment system crash on a flight from Johannesburg to Frankfurt.
    No systems are flawless :-)

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