[libreoffice-marketing] NASA is switching from Windows to Linux - maybe they will go to LO

I saw this article but one thing they did not tell you - are they going 
to use LO instead of MSO now they will have Linux laptops?

Since "NASA is relying on The Linux Foundation for training", I hope 
they will introduce LO to NASA as the office suite to be used on their 
Linux systems.
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http://www.zdnet.com/to-the-space-station-and-beyond-with-linux-7000014958/

"To the space station and beyond with Linux"

Summary: The International Space Station's laptops are moving from 
Windows to Linux, and R2, the first Linux-powered humanoid robot in 
space, is now under-going in-flight testing.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for Linux and Open Source | May 6, 2013 -- 
21:25 GMT (14:25 PDT)

Unlike my recent spoof story about a Linux-powered Iron Man suit that 
you could build at home, this story isn't science fiction. NASA really 
has decided to drop Windows from the laptops on the International Space 
Station (ISS) in favor of Linux, and the first humanoid robot in space, 
R2, really is powered by Linux.
robonautThis isn't science-fiction. This is R2, the first humanoid robot 
in space, and it's powered by Linux. (Image: NASA)

Keith Chuala, a United Space Alliance contractor, manager of the Space 
Operations Computing (SpOC) for NASA, and leader of the ISS's Laptops 
and Network Integration Teams, recently explained that NASA had decided 
to move to Linux for the ISS's PCs. "We migrated key functions from 
Windows to Linux because we needed an operating system that was stable 
and reliable --- one that would give us in-house control. So if we 
needed to patch, adjust, or adapt, we could."

[there is more to this article online]

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