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steeleduncan ◴[] No.43540838[source]
> Complicated stuff = high probably of failure

This is a myth. The 787 has about 60 million miles of wiring in it. It is vastly more complicated than an airliner from the 1940s, and it also much, much safer. Poorly engineered technology fails, not necessarily complex technology

> secondary problem is the stacking of abstraction layers docker / kubersomething

Then don't use Kubernetes or Docker? They aren't mandatory

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gaadd33 ◴[] No.43541110[source]
Is any open source software or Linux distribution engineered to the level of the 787?
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1. Rediscover ◴[] No.43553750[source]
Yes. Boeing Onboard Network System (ONS) running on the Network File Server (NFS)?

It and its 787 sibling are highly customized Linux distros.

Aircraft include the 747-8, 787, some 737, ...

http://www.b737.org.uk/flightinstsmax-maint.htm

https://www.teledynecontrols.com/en-us/Product%20Brochures/T...