The main issue with conventional displays is readability in sunlight. Few displays are actually capable of that. Those that are are expensive both $$$ and powerwise. Something that may not be available on every aircraft. This transponder for GA uses an e-ink display (i think) http://trig-avionics.com/tt22.html I'm surprised that its not used more. I guess the slow update speed is an issue, and Graphical LCD displays are moslty enough for the other applications in the cockpit. What i'd like to see more is electronic flight bags with E-ink.

What they did:
* Modularize/Standardize Infrastructure, e.g. storage & computing power
* Build provisioning systems
* Virtualize everything

When they say that they are flexible, they mean that they have a lot of dark hardware lying around.

Great...
  Mistake #1: Application obviously runs as root
  Mistake #2: Permissions on directory should not be 644 but 600!
  Mistake #3: Server with VITAL Data obviously publicly accessible. It should be firewalled in, separate from the webfrontend...
  Mistake #4: You use CSV for storing the data???? This is a voting machine? You people SCARE me! This should be WORM device for audit purposes!

I really don't want to know what the rest of the "application" looks like.. Please fire your implementor. This is really asking for it. You are doing a disservice to the people you are supposed to serve!

This plane has been revised this year: http://www.pipistrel.si/plane/taurus-electro/overviewTaurus Electro Comes with a trailer with battery storage and solar pannels on the roof.

Freedom, also means having the right to commit a "crime" and maybe even a chance to get away with it.

Java is the language taught to all these part-time it / project manager types of people. Its the only thing they know. This is why java has become a synonym for "Oh,OH, danger! Amateurs at work."

ATC Systems are highly political, i therefore doubt that the choice of language was up to the programmer. The project was probably cash-strapped, over budget, late etc. Now people are trying to force it down users throats.

In the forum you see a lot of discontent users, that reads to me like a classic project fail along the lines of: Boss:"We need to go digitial!" As to the how was never properly analyzed. And now people are stuck with a sub-standard system.

Its alarming to see this in the aviation industry. Its actually one of the more sane fields of it-work.

And there i thought: finally some good use for that memory hog.

You should use LLDP a protocol for discovering what iface is connected to what port on the switch. There is an lldpd available for pretty much all distros.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clubmate

Just fork the whole thing. Build a new org and run it from there. 1. The world needs more whistle blower sites. Redundancy is key. 2. The service is too valuable to fail because of any number of persons. just my 2 cents.