MESSAGE
| DATE | 2008-12-11 |
| FROM | swd
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Looooong Island Rail Road & Linux
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Folks, I was going from the LIRR to the B/Q subway at Atlantic Avenue. A guy
was fixing the big screen monitors of the LIRR time table schedules. And
guess what. The "guts" of the screen system is Linux!!! I asked the guy what
distro but he didn't know. He said the operating system is built into the
monitor. I mentioned that the subway ticket machines are windoze and he said
he knew and then he laughed. The company is www.solari.it. Yes, an Italian
company.
Is there anybody out there who would like to take a crack at trying to get the
contract/concession to maintain these screens? The guy doing this is a
contractor (he told me). AND he said he doesn't know much about Linux. In
fact, he was doing everything from a hand-written script on a peice of paper.
Thanks for reading, swd
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