Quote Originally Posted by Aardpsymon
...a dedicated system is easier to debug than a dedicated system running on top of windows.
Tell that to the US Post Office where they run Linux to sort the mail.
Even my mailman complains bitterly about the job it does. I don't think
it'll ever get fixed.

And as for legacy systems, is NASA still running 086 chips in the Shuttle?
Where are they getting them now that the supply on eBay dried up a
few years back?