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I wonder why no MS software?
Maybe NASA wanted it to be REALIABLE?

I guess NASA would have looked pretty funny if the first picture sent back from Mars was a BSOD!
Posted by: Tammee   Posted on: 01/16/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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I wonder why no MS software?  Tammee | 01/16/04
Oh, I wouldn't gloat about any alleged Java greatness  rbethell | 01/16/04
Local colleges have courses  Nullifidian | 01/16/04
Java may be a little more work for some things, but the payback . . .  DonnieBoy | 01/17/04
.net?  stephen732@... | 01/17/04
yeah right  JWatson77 | 01/17/04
Really...  chrichton99 | 01/18/04
There's an old saying  DB_z | 01/19/04
You either have people with Windows only experience or ...  Taz_z | 01/19/04
gah...  ryusen | 01/16/04
Why no ms windows ...  michael-t | 01/16/04
No Windows of opportunity here ...  jellyclock | 01/16/04
Probably more do with the developers at hand  voska | 01/16/04
A good java ap  Robert Crocker | 01/16/04
Won't have to launch a patch  Len Rooney | 01/16/04
Speaking of PowerBooks and Java...  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/17/04
I wonder why....  JoeMama_z | 01/16/04
Don't wonder why - learn why  issthatso | 01/16/04
You forgot this  Taz_z | 01/19/04
All the way to Mars to collect garbage (NT)  Robert Carnegie | 01/16/04
You've been there already??  Nullifidian | 01/16/04
This endangers the mission  Mike Cox | 01/16/04
NO Hackers please  James Schroer | 01/16/04
Actually I believe it runs an old pentium chip  toadlife | 01/16/04
Feathers in Java's Cap  Peter Komisar | 01/16/04
No wonder it's so slow.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/16/04
JAVA and SLOW doesn't that mean the same thing  voska | 01/16/04
Don't knock it, Beagle 2's still tyring to get hold of a .NET Passport  KSchaefer | 01/16/04
Ha ha ha ha  Ployd_Farker | 01/16/04
LOL (NT)  toadlife | 01/16/04
Yup, pretty much...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/16/04
Par for the course for you  Taz_z | 01/19/04
But didn't you just say...  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/17/04
re : JAVA and SLOW doesn't that mean the same thing  JWatson77 | 01/17/04
re : JAVA and SLOW doesn't that mean the same thing  bm_witness@... | 02/01/04
Slow compared to?  Robert Crocker | 01/16/04
Java Envy  MikeUnicode | 01/16/04
Not envious...  chrichton99 | 01/16/04
Re: Java Envy  Salman Pak | 01/16/04
Yo, Pak... GET A CLUE... Look up the tree to see who started the bashing !!  Plain Logic | 01/17/04
Conundrum  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/17/04
Java is *FAST*  prime21 | 01/16/04
3 feet in one week!  dg mh | 01/16/04
still faster than...  ryusen | 01/16/04
A lot more progress than M$ has made in securing their OS! (NT)  MarcB_z | 01/16/04
Hey, don't knock it  FilledOut | 01/18/04
You should update your knowledge about Java  theanalogkid | 01/16/04
You should update your 28.8 and P90  Taz_z | 01/19/04
No wonder the rover moves so slow  FilledOut | 01/16/04
Windows in space  MarcB_z | 01/16/04
Be Thankful That NASA Doesn't Use Windows  brenthawkinsmd | 01/16/04
Hey, hey, hey, Don't be so harsh  Wm_Hayashi | 01/20/04
MS never had a chance.  Cardinal_Bill | 01/16/04
Where is the SOUND???  rhcameron | 01/17/04
Here is is.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/17/04
Now THIS is funny  Taz_z | 01/19/04
sound  Louis Ross Focke | 01/18/04
Sounds like a joke. But here's a real reason.  Atlant | 01/19/04
Let me guess.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/17/04
Java, wow, lucky rover wasn't deployed into the Sun  FilledOut | 01/17/04
Ooops, Houston we have little to no rover  FilledOut | 01/22/04
.Net biggest weekness  JWatson77 | 01/17/04
Period!  Wm_Hayashi | 01/20/04
Java is not on the rovers themselves  hsimpson_z | 01/22/04

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